This grip is a great variation for the traditional Tricep Push Down Movement. By using this grip, you can lift a bit more but it really hits the rear head of the Tricep muscle. With this particular grip you will need to have a slight lean forward, hinging from the hip joint. This will give you more clearance to complete a full range of movement.
This is a great exercise to engage the lats and they also can help wake up the upper area of the triceps.
Using a long rope for triceps means you have more mobility and room to position your arms. In this case, to get your arms around and behind you.
The Low Overhead Tricep Extension is a nice finisher for your arms! Feel the burn indeed. In this variation, the cable pulley is in a low position. This changes the degree of stimulus at the bottom of the exercise range of motion.
This exercise can also be done with a straight bar
The High Overhead Tricep Extension is a nice finisher for your arms! Feel the burn indeed. In this variation, the cable pulley is in a high position. This changes the degree of stimulus at the top of the exercise range of motion.
This exercise can also be done with a straight bar
By changing the grip on the bar, we can alter the way in which this lat pull down activates your lats and supporting muscles. By using an underhanded grip, we target the lower lats more than overhand grip. Also, as the hands are relatively close together, it also increases the range of motion beyond wider-grip pull-down variations.
Doing an exercise one arm at a time is a great way to focus on your form, body positioning and that all important contraction of the muscle. The single arm tricep extension is no different!
If you can use an ankle attachment or something you can attach to your wrist so you not holding it and you’re driving through your wrist. No cables? No problem – try using a theraband!
To get those lat muscles firing, this exercise stretches them out and then allows you to shorten the muscle as much as possible to get that all important squeeze! Core stability is also important for the exercise – make sure the right muscles do their job!
This is a great exercise to engage your lat and rhomboid muscles to help develop stability and strength in your back. No cables handy? No problem – you can always improvise and use a power band lassoed around a post or solid, unmovable structure. It’s important to remember that this exercise is about retracting your shoulder – not about getting your elbow as far behind you as you can.
This exercise is a great alternative to a lying hamstring curl machine. Most gyms will have a cable machine and if not, there should be somewhere you can anchor a theraband/powerband to replicate the movement!
This exercise is a great alternative to a lying hamstring curl machine. Most gyms will have a cable machine and if not, there should be somewhere you can anchor a theraband/powerband to replicate the movement!
This is a great exercise to really get your biceps contracting. In the kneeling position and with your elbows above your head, the bicep is able to contract to its shortest position meaning you can really get some fantastic tension and pump in muscle. The cable machine enables you train the biceps with a different force curve also.
This is a great exercise for targeting your lats but one side at a time. It is also a handy one to use if you are attempting rebalance your self in the situation of having one side of the body being weaker than the other. Focus on posture and technique is better achieved doing this motion also.
This variation on your typical Tricep Push has a slight rope twist out to get the outer aspects of your triceps firing! Make sure you push all the way down to the bottom and that your arms straighten out at the bottom!
A strong back is so so important these days what with so many people using computers and other technology. The Seated Row is a great exercise to strengthen the back.
Some points to remember when doing this exercise.
1. Keep your chest up and don’t slouch.
2. When pulling the grip towards you, try and keep your forearms in line with the cable. From your elbow, up your forearms and up the cable, it all should be a straight line at all times.
3. This exercise is about retracting your shoulder blades, don’t forget to do so!
Compared to a chin up, this exercise is a great start to strengthening your back while being able control the weight lifted. While it is often a goal to be able to a chin up, starting with Lat Pull Downs is the best way to build up to achieving this. Focus on posture and technique is better achieved doing this motion also. This exercises is also an effective way to activate lower trapezius which is often a problem area for those in office work type jobs.