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What Muscles Are Being Worked in a Tricep Pull Down?

Published Aug,17 2011 | By Fred DiMenna

A triceps pushdown, also called a pulldown, is a resistance-training exercise that involves pushing a bar down in front of you. The bar is connected to a cable that wraps around an overhead pulley before attaching to a weight stack. When you push the bar down, the weights rise to provide opposition.

Fred DiMenna has been writing professionally since 2000. He has authored research articles published in "Journal of Applied Physiology" and "Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology," and has also been fitness editor for Chelo Publishing in Manhattan, which publishes fitness magazines including "Exercise for Men Only" and "Natural Bodybuilding and Fitness." DiMenna has a Ph.D. in exercise physiology from the University of Exeter.