Triceps exercise

Reverse Grip Tricep Pushdown

How to do the Reverse Grip Tricep Pushdown with correct form — the muscles worked, equipment, and step-by-step technique from the Fitonist exercise library.

Feet shoulder width apart, face a high pulley machine with an attached bar at shoulder level height and grasp it with your palms facing up (supinated). Keeping your body stationary, exhale as you lower the bar by completely extending your arms downward into the starting…
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Illustration showing the Reverse Grip Tricep Pushdown
Targets

Muscles worked

Triceps muscle Triceps Primary Shoulders muscle Shoulders Secondary
Gear

Equipment

Hilo pulley cable Hilo pulley cable
Technique

How to do the Reverse Grip Tricep Pushdown

  1. 1 Feet shoulder width apart, face a high pulley machine with an attached bar at shoulder level height and grasp it with your palms facing up (supinated).
  2. 2 Keeping your body stationary, exhale as you lower the bar by completely extending your arms downward into the starting position. Inhale as you slowly return the bar to shoulder level.
  3. 3 Exhaling, return to the starting position.