How do you perform this exercise?
- Attach a straight bar to the cable machine at the highest setting.
- Stand facing the cable machine with your feet shoulder-width apart.
- Grasp the bar with an underhand grip, palms facing up, and your hands shoulder-width apart.
- Keep your elbows close to your sides and your upper arms stationary throughout the exercise.
- Engage your triceps and slowly push the bar down until your arms are fully extended.
- Pause for a moment at the bottom, then slowly return the bar to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Which other muscles are involved?
Forearms.
How do you log your sets?
How do you track progressive overload?Source: ExerciseDB catalogue and demonstration. Related movements are options to compare, not equivalent loads or a prescribed progression.
