Beginner exercise
Tricep Press Machine
Also called Machine Triceps Pushdown
Technique
How to perform Tricep Press Machine
- Sit securely in a dip machine, select the weight and firmly grasp the handles.
- Now keep your elbows in at your sides in order to place emphasis on the triceps.
- The elbows should be bent at a 90 degree angle.
- As you contract the triceps, extend your arms downwards as you exhale.
- At the bottom of the movement, focus on keeping a little bend in your arms to keep tension on the triceps muscle.
- Now slowly let your arms come back up to the starting position as you inhale.
- Repeat for the prescribed repetitions.
Programming relevance
Muscles involved
Primary targets: Triceps Lateral Head, Triceps Long Head, Triceps Medial Head.
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