Tricep pull down attachments

[bushmaster21]

I have tried the V attachment, and rope. Got a better pump with the rope. Recently I tried overhand just on a straight bar and i got a CRAZY pump and bad DOMS.

What is your favorite tricep pull down attachment?

 

[laclark89]

if u wana get a little heavy with it and push some weight I will use the metal v attachment if I wana get a get a good pump and some flexion and extension I will use the rope.

So I'll go lower heavier reps v handle , lighter higher volume rope.

 

[buck]

I use the handle which allows me to use good form with the highest weight load.

 

[malfeasance]

I have used all three. I thought the rope was great at first, then, after a while, I found it just did not work as well. I could never get the straight bar to work well. I am back to the V bar I was using before, and it works great.

The biggest deal for me is getting a good stretch at the top. It seems like everybody else is just worried about the contraction at the bottom.

 

[bushmaster21]

I use the handle which allows me to use good form with the highest weight load.

Which one is that?

 

[bushmaster21]

I have used all three. I thought the rope was great at first, then, after a while, I found it just did not work as well. I could never get the straight bar to work well. I am back to the V bar I was using before, and it works great.

The biggest deal for me is getting a good stretch at the top. It seems like everybody else is just worried about the contraction at the bottom.

Do you mean like the negative?

I try to make my reps slow and controlled. I was told so many times the negative on your last few sets are the ones that stretch the muscle the most

 

[bob357sig]

Give reverse grip straight bar a try. You obviously have to use less weight but it gives me a nice pump more in my inner tricep.

 

[malfeasance]

Do you mean like the negative?

I try to make my reps slow and controlled. I was told so many times the negative on your last few sets are the ones that stretch the muscle the most

Not really. I mean, I do control the negative, but I also go all the way up until my tricep is stretched, pause, and then start pushing again. I see most guys do it the way I used to do it, fast and only going partway up before huffing and pushing it back down quickly.

I modified this to stretch all the way to the top, getting a fuller range of motion, and I stopped squeezing so hard and long at the bottom as if that were the most important part of the exercise and this were some sort of isometrics program.

Watch a Youtube video of Mike Wyk going this exercise if you want to get a better idea of what I am talking about visually rather than trying to figure out what I am writing in my poor narrative description above.

 

[theredkeys]

I like the Dual Rope variation, it just feels the best and most comfortable motion

 

[BiGBaDWolF`]

I like the strightbar for pushdowns. The handle if im doing reverse grip. and the cable for overhead. Overhead gives my triceps an awesome sweep

 

[JuiceJohn]

I have tried the V attachment, and rope. Got a better pump with the rope. Recently I tried overhand just on a straight bar and i got a CRAZY pump and bad DOMS.

What is your favorite tricep pull down attachment?

If I want to go heavy I prefer straight bar, but if I want to go slow and controlled I go with the rope.

I like to switch things up from time to time

 

[milkbone]

Depends on how I'm trying to hit it really. I use the rope to get that twist out at full extension, the V bar for a pushdown type effect, I keep it close to my chest and push down straight rather than a curling type movement, and a straight bar for reverse grip curling type movements. I'll also use a curl bar attachment for palms down curl type motions. In my mind your tricep has 3 heads no? May as well hit different ways if you run a split like I do. Currently doing a push/pull split 1 day pushing exercises the other pulling type. Start with the heaviest weights like flat benches and work my way down to smaller focused muscle groups. Pull day starts with rows and works to forearm curls if I'm feeling it. Once a week I'll do 1 exercise from each group with higher reps. All stuff you guys know already I know, just felt like posting and seeing what feedback if any comes of it.

 

[Biggerp73]

Slide the pulley down half way, turn the opposite direction so it’s behind your back, and do overhead extensions with the straight bar, v bar, or rope. Much better way to target the entire tricep in all its heads than push downs, and easier on the elbows than doing it free weight.

 

[craigdt]

Whichever one hurts my wrists the least that day.

I find the metal v attachment rotates my wrists outward and at the bottom of the rep, it really hurts.

Need to find something new

 

[egonormical1010]

Just started doing a slightly bent over single hand kick back-ish thing with no attachment. I just grab the ball above the clip. I grab the rope, right above the ball, with just my thumb and pointer finger wrapped around the cable. I get a bigger pump whenever I’m not having to palm a rope

 

[Biggerp73]

Whichever one hurts my wrists the least that day.

I find the metal v attachment rotates my wrists outward and at the bottom of the rep, it really hurts.

Need to find something new

If your grip/wrist is a problem buy some wrist cuffs and take the hand completely out of the movement


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[AlexDavis43]

If your grip/wrist is a problem buy some wrist cuffs and take the hand completely out of the movement


View: https://youtube.com/shorts/ofnfNofx4SU?si=vbk2e29s9QwqwlBq


Here’s a set for $11… I’m sure you can find it for even cheaper

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These are very trendy on social media lately

 

[craigdt]

If your grip/wrist is a problem buy some wrist cuffs and take the hand completely out of the movement


View: https://youtube.com/shorts/ofnfNofx4SU?si=vbk2e29s9QwqwlBq


Here’s a set for $11… I’m sure you can find it for even cheaper

Amazon.com : Qiyuda 2 Pcs Wrist Cuffs Lifting Straps with D Rings for Cable Machine, Adjustable Gym Weightlifting Straps : Sports & Outdoors

Amazon.com : Qiyuda 2 Pcs Wrist Cuffs Lifting Straps with D Rings for Cable Machine, Adjustable Gym Weightlifting Straps : Sports & Outdoors

a.co

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Holy fuck I have some of those.

Thanks for the tip.

My wife will be super excited to chain me up with cuffs

 

[Biggerp73]

These are very trendy on social media lately

Probably cuz I started using them a year ago

Trend setter you know

 

[cdutchy]

Straight bar is where it's at for me, I just seem to get a better mind/muscle connection with it. Every once in a while I'll use rope but always go baclk to straight bar.