How to do it

1Attach a short straight or EZ bar to the high pulley and grip it from above, hands about shoulder width apart.

2Stand tall with your elbows tucked in at your sides.

3Push the bar down until your arms are straight.

4Let it come back up slowly until your forearms are just past parallel to the floor.

Coach's tips

Beginner

Bar triceps pushdown

The classic pushdown with a short bar on the cable station.

1Attach a short straight or EZ bar to the high pulley and grip it from above, hands about shoulder width apart.
2Stand tall with your elbows tucked in at your sides.
3Push the bar down until your arms are straight.
4Let it come back up slowly until your forearms are just past parallel to the floor.

Same muscles, different equipment. Closest match first.

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