Incline Face Away Pushdowns For A Killer Tricep Workout
May 4, 2010
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Posted by billspaced
In this article, taken directly from Nick Nilsson's "Powerful Training Secrets" site, you'll learn a deadly exercise for the triceps…it keeps great tension on the tri's all the way through and gives you a monster contraction at the bottom.
The pushdown is, of course, one of the standard exercises for developing the triceps. This variation puts a very powerful tension on the triceps. Not only do you have to do the exercise but the direction of pull from the high pulley means you also have to exert constant tension in order to keep your arms down at your sides. This is a great exercise that will set your triceps on fire!
First, set an incline bench in front of a high pulley with the bench facing away. You can use any attachment with this – bar, rope, triangle bar, etc. Lay back on the bench and reach back overhead and grab the attachment.
Bring the cable down and in front to the start position you would normally begin the pushdown exercise. Keeping your arms at your sides, do the pushdown, coming around to the bottom. Squeeze the triceps very hard at the bottom.
At the bottom, try to push your shoulders down as though you are trying to push the attachment onto your thighs.
As you're doing the exercise, let the cable come down on either the left or right side of your neck.
Complete the full set of reps, let the bar back up overhead and set it back down.
For an extra hit to the long head of the triceps, you can let the arms come up a bit at the top of the movement. This turns the top into a bit of a pullover movement, increasing the activation of the long head of the triceps.
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Nick Nilsson is Vice-President of the online personal training company BetterU, Inc. He has a degree in Physical Education and Psychology and has been inventing new training techniques for more than 18 years. Nick is the author of a number of bodybuilding eBooks including "Muscle Explosion – 28 Days to Maximum Mass", "Metabolic Surge – Rapid Fat Loss," "The Best Exercises You've Never Heard Of," "Gluteus to the Maximus – Build a Bigger Butt NOW!" and "The Best Abdominal Exercises You've Never Heard Of" all available at BetterU.
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