In the Old Man, Young Muscle workout, triceps training is centered around dumbbell decline extensions, the ideal exercise…
I would sometimes add on incline overhead extensions for stretch or dumbbell kickbacks for contraction, but the declines were my primary beef builder.
And my triceps were arguable my best body part.
With my new functional cable unit, I’ve been able to experiment with unique moves and angles—some good some not so good…
One I recently tried thanks to seeing Classic Physique Mr. Olympia winner Chris Bumstead doing it on Instagram (follow at @CBUM), is the cable-cross pushdown…
If you position yourself correctly so that the cables are almost touching your torso at the bottom, you’ll get an ideal resistance curve—loaded at the top stretch and unloaded at the bottom contraction.
If you want to make it more of a contracted-position move, to emphasize that weakest part of the triceps stroke, step back so that the cables angle up and away from you at the bottom…
Now you have a loaded contracted-position move, an excellent add-on to dumbbell decline extensions if you prefer that as your ideal.
I wish Mr. America and biomechanics expert Doug Brignole were still with us so that I could get his feedback on the cable-cross pushdown.
But even if you find it not quite ideal, you can still use it as an add-on move for a new triceps-mass groove. The angle is unique for some variation in fiber recruitment and more size on your tri’s.
Sculpt your perfect physique: Get the ideal exercise for each muscle, the best add-on moves for ultimate mass, complete 35-minute workouts, exercise start/finish photos, and details on building muscle fast and efficiently in Old Man, Young Muscle.
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Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.
—Steve Holman
Former Editor in Chief, Iron Man Magazine
www.X-Rep.com
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