- Attach a rope attachment to a high pulley and grab with a neutral grip (palms facing each other).
- Standing upright with the torso straight and a very small inclination forward, bring the upper arms close to your body and perpendicular to the floor. The forearms should be pointing up towards the pulley as they hold the rope with the palms facing each other. This is your starting position.
- Using the triceps, bring the rope down as you bring each side of the rope to the side of your thighs. At the end of the movement the arms are fully extended and perpendicular to the floor. The upper arms should always remain stationary next to your torso and only the forearms should move. Exhale as you perform this movement.
- After holding for a second, at the contracted position, bring the rope slowly up to the starting point. Breathe in as you perform this step.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
Variations: There are many variations to this movement. For instance you can use an E-Z bar attachment as well as a V-angled bar or straight bar.
Same as the Triceps Pushdown except with the rope attachment.
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Tip: Triceps Pushdown - Rope Attachment
Nov 12, 2011 5:11 AM: excellent to do with the overhead rope tricep extensions as a super set. Alternate to do before or after the other workout on tricep days. go the moderate weight you can handle.
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Review: Triceps Pushdown - Rope Attachment
Feb 5, 2011 4:00 AM: I really love these. Doing along with elevated bench dips is great for avoiding the flabby tricps some women in my age group have.
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Review: Triceps Pushdown - Rope Attachment
Jul 14, 2010 5:54 AM: i love this exercise i use a low weight and high reps and i leave it till the end of my workout and just keep pumping up till 12 reps with 30 seconds rests and the amount of sets change as long as i can no longer pull, the pump feels awsome and has given my triceps a good look so far
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Tip: Triceps Pushdown - Rope Attachment
Apr 17, 2010 5:51 AM: I use it to finish triceps. Low weight a lot of reps. Just to pump it up.
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Review: Triceps Pushdown - Rope Attachment
Mar 25, 2010 8:15 AM: great exercise.
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Tip: Triceps Pushdown - Rope Attachment
Mar 12, 2010 1:43 PM: at the end of the movement when you are fully extended, bend your wristsdown and back to get and extra few inches of movement. it really isolates your tri's and gives a great burn.
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Review: Triceps Pushdown - Rope Attachment
Mar 1, 2010 5:54 PM: I prefer using the rope over the bar anyday
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Review: Triceps Pushdown - Rope Attachment
Jan 4, 2010 4:39 AM: Awesome exercise, and really shapes up the triceps, tri extensions are a lot of fun and you can lean into them slightly.
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Review: Triceps Pushdown - Rope Attachment
Dec 23, 2009 1:39 AM: Great excercise.
The difference with rope is that you can stretch your arms more(so you´ll get a little bit wider at the bottom) for even more triceps suffering. And quite possibly targeting the other heads a bit more too.
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Review: Triceps Pushdown - Rope Attachment
Dec 12, 2009 8:56 AM: What's the difference between straight bar and rope? Do they work slightly different muscles?