Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / arms
Rope tricep pushdown
Elbows pinned, rope starts high, torso quiet.
Muscles
- Primary
- triceps
- Supporting
- None listed
Mechanics
- Pattern
- elbow extension
- Equipment
- cable
- Geometry
- Variable Range
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Triceps finish by spreading rope without shoulder swing.
- Progression
- Add reps before load; keep elbows still.
- Regression
- Use V-bar if rope position irritates wrists.
Watch for
- Elbows drifting forward
- Using bodyweight to push
Substitutions
- V-bar pushdown
- Overhead cable extension
- Close-grip push-up