Triceps Press - down

Muscles worked

Triceps

  • Stand facing a pulley system, with a rope or bar attached to the top pulley. Grip the bar with your hands shoulder width apart, palms facing away, keeping your elbows locked by your side.
  • Keep your abdominals contracted, chest up and out, shoulders down and back and torso stable.
  • Keeping your elbows locked at your side, slowly push the bar downward until your arm is fully extended.
  • Slowly release back to a 90-degree angle at the elbow. Perform a set of 8 to 12 or 10 to 15 reps.