Elenoa McCabe

Training Tip Tuesday 🚨 Tricep Pushdowns

The biggest issue I see is people trying to move too much weight. Once the stack gets heavy, the elbows start drifting forward, the torso starts leaning over the cable, and suddenly it’s less of a tricep exercise and more of a full-body event.

Your triceps only cross the elbow joint. That means the movement should be happening at the elbow, not your shoulders, hips, or entire personality.

A few quick fixes make a huge difference:
-Keep your elbows pinned close to your sides so they don’t drift forward.
-Keep your ribs down so you’re not leaning your whole body over the stack.
-And actually straighten your arms at the bottom of the rep and squeeze the triceps before coming back up.

If you feel this mostly in your shoulders or upper back, the weight is probably too heavy.
Clean reps, full range of motion, and controlled tempo will grow your triceps a lot faster than trying to ego-lift the entire cable stack.

Save this so the next time you do pushdowns… your triceps get that pump 🥐