V bar cable pushdown

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Use a V-bar to target your triceps with this classic cable pressdown.

How to V bar cable pushdown

Starting Position

Grab the cable V-bar and keep your elbows fixed next to your body.

Proper Form

1. Extend your arms downwards and contract your triceps.

2. Slowly return.

Breathing Technique

Exhale when pushing out, and inhale when coming back.

Precautions

1. Do not flare your elbows.

2. Make sure your shoulders do not rise.

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V bar cable pushdown

About

How to V bar cable pushdown

Starting Position

Proper Form

Breathing Technique

Precautions

From the Community

V bar cable pushdown Related Reading

Progressive Overload Is the Only Variable That Actually Guarantees Muscle Growth.

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RPE vs RIR: the number that tells you exactly how hard to push — backed by 4 RCTs

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V bar cable pushdown Alternatives

V bar cable pushdown

About

How to V bar cable pushdown

Starting Position

Proper Form

Breathing Technique

Precautions

From the Community

V bar cable pushdown Related Reading

Progressive Overload Is the Only Variable That Actually Guarantees Muscle Growth.

10 sets per muscle group per week is probably enough — here's the number that actually matters.

Spot reduction is (mostly) a myth — but one 2023 RCT found a small trunk-fat edge

Soreness is not a measure of muscle growth.

RPE vs RIR: the number that tells you exactly how hard to push — backed by 4 RCTs

The trap bar deadlift isn't a shortcut — it's the smarter pull, backed by posterior-chain research

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