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Cable tricep kickback
Hinge at the hips, upper arm pinned to your side, elbow at 90°.
Muscles
- Primary
- triceps
- Supporting
- None listed
Mechanics
- Pattern
- elbow extension
- Equipment
- cable
- Geometry
- Variable Range
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Tricep fully shortens at lockout — squeeze hard before returning.
- Progression
- Add a 2-second squeeze at lockout before increasing load.
- Regression
- Use a band if cable pulls shoulder out of position.
Watch for
- Moving the upper arm
- Swinging for momentum
Substitutions
- Overhead cable tricep extension
- Rope pushdown
- Band pushdown