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V-bar tricep pushdown
Grip V-bar, pin elbows at sides, press attachment down until arms fully extend.
Muscles
- Primary
- triceps
- Supporting
- lateral head emphasis
Mechanics
- Pattern
- elbow extension
- Equipment
- cables
- Geometry
- Variable Range
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Lateral head fires hardest at lockout; forearms stay neutral throughout.
- Progression
- Increase cable load; superset with overhead tricep extension.
- Regression
- Rope pushdown at lighter load — more wrist-friendly.
Watch for
- Elbows drifting forward and back during the rep
- Leaning into the stack to assist the weight
- Cutting the lockout short
Substitutions
- Rope pushdown
- Overhead DB tricep extension