Cable Incline Pushdown
How to do it
- Lie on incline an bench facing away from a high pulley machine that has a straight bar attachment on it.
- Grasp the straight bar attachment overhead with a pronated (overhand; palms down) shoulder width grip and extend your arms in front of you. The bar should be around 2 inches away from your upper thighs. This will be your starting position.
- Keeping the upper arms stationary, lift your arms back in a semi circle until the bar is straight over your head. Breathe in during this portion of the movement.
- Slowly go back to the starting position using your lats and hold the contraction once you reach the starting position. Breathe out during the execution of this movement.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
Quick answers
- What muscles does the Cable Incline Pushdown work?
- Mainly the lats.
- What equipment do I need?
- Cable.
- Is it good for beginners?
- Yes, it is rated beginner level.
- How do I track progress on it?
- Log each set and beat the weight or reps from last time. Liftrung shows your last set beside the next one and estimates your one-rep max from your sets.
More lats exercises
- Close-Grip Front Lat Pulldown
- Elevated Cable Rows
- Full Range-Of-Motion Lat Pulldown
- Kneeling High Pulley Row
- Kneeling Single-Arm High Pulley Row
- One Arm Lat Pulldown
Exercise descriptions: free-exercise-db, public domain.