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Cable Triceps Pushdown

A bilateral elbow extension performed downward against a high cable.

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Pattern: Elbow extension
Modality: Strength
Difficulty: Beginner
Mechanic: Unknown
Force: Unknown
Laterality: Bilateral
Impact: Low
Trains where: Gym
At home: No

How to do it

Set up

Set the pulley high and hold the attachment with both hands.
Stand tall with the elbows beside the torso and the forearms bent.

Do the rep

Press the attachment down by extending the elbows.
Return under control while the upper arms stay still.

What counts as a rep

A rep counts when the elbows fully extend and the forearms return to about vertical without upper-arm movement.

One rep starts with the forearms about vertical, reaches full elbow extension without moving the upper arms, and ends with the forearms about vertical.

Breathing

Exhale as the elbows extend; inhale as the attachment rises.

Cues

Pin elbows to the sides.
Move only the forearms.
Control the return.

Common mistakes

Elbows move forward
What you seeThe upper arms swing as the attachment rises.
FixKeep the elbows beside the torso.
Fixed upper arms keep the movement at the elbows.
Torso leans on the cable
What you seeBody weight shifts onto the attachment.
FixStand balanced and reduce the load.
A balanced stance prevents body weight from replacing triceps effort.

Stop the set if

Stop if you feel sharp pain.
Stop if the attachment slips or you must lean on the cable.
End the set when you cannot meet the stated range under control.

General educational content, not individual coaching or medical advice.

Muscles worked

Prime movers

Triceps · moderate confidence

Assisting

Front deltoids · moderate confidence

Equipment

Cable

Set the pulley high and use a two-hand attachment.

In the app

You log this by hand. The camera coach does not watch this movement yet.

Tracking: Manual

How this page was checked

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Technique, cues, rep standards, breathing, stop cues, and error corrections are original draft text. Independent technique sources and coach review remain required.
Anatomy, classification, and equipment use unapproved blueprint planning hints. The assigned review tier must confirm them.
Allowed metrics, side counting, and environment values are draft interpretations of the planning metadata.
This pass treats load-and-reps as the legal modes supported by the CSV logging model; reviewer approval remains required.
The rewritten summary, rep standard, breathing, stop cues, and common errors are editorial judgements pending the assigned review tier.
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Pass 2 rewrites the finish standard as a counting-only criterion and replaces the web title, summary, and meta description with exercise-specific copy; these editorial choices require review.
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