Comments on: Cable Bent-Over Triceps Extensions

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:53:35 +0000

Mark,
Thanks for the french curls vid. These are exactly what I was doing yesterday only I was doing them on the cables with the rope attacment, although I’m going to try the small straight bar as we don’t have a curl/Z bar type handle. Yet!

Graham

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:38:32 +0000

Mark,
Thanks for the link to the french curls.
I did the cable tri ext’s today after my shoulder w/out as promised. I did 15, 12, 10 and found them very affective but would have been better for me if I had done them at the end of a tri routine (after pre-exhaust). A couple of things for hackers to remember when doing these. keep enough body weight forward to stabilise yourself- after shoulder rotation keep arms paralel to floor before tri extension- but most importantly don’t let your elbows flare out, keep them tucked in tight to your ears.
Graham

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:12:26 +0000

@Graham. Yes. The article and video is here https://musclehack.com/how-to-perform-french-curls-skull-crushers-correctly/ . Note the difference in form and the larger range of motion. Everyone who does them this way never goes back to the old method.
@Matt. No I wouldn’t pause during this movement.
@Mario. Yes. If you want to incorporate these into the HIT cycle, do a set after your pushdowns.
@Tony. Try a solid attachment. You might like it better.
@John. Cool. I’ll get that approved and posted shortly!

By: John A Davis

John A Davis — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:44:11 +0000

@Mike
I posted an article on non-fat frozen yogurt with splenda using ice cream making machine on Mark’s thingy but it has to be approved. Froze to hard.
Full fat goats yogurt next time.

By: tony

tony — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:41:40 +0000

Great demonstration Mark. I already do this add on but with the rope. I was happy to hear you experimented with more then 1 variation. I’m going to try switching from the rope this week.

By: Mike Huber

Mike Huber — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:01:11 +0000

Looks like a good one Mark. on THT 4.0 cycle 1. Wednesday is tricep day, starting on Saturday w/cycle. Going to throw in a nice 12-14 rep at the end of workout. Anxious to feel some delayed soreness in my traps also!!
@John A Davis,
forget about earrings… Focus On Ice Cream!! We’re all counting on you Man!! Ha,Ha!!

By: John A Davis

John A Davis — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:46:26 +0000

@Muhammad
Naw, I’m thinking that is a silver decorative chain hanging off the earring.
“No thank you Mark, I don’t need a spot”.

By: Mario

Mario — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:11:25 +0000

Mark, I’m currently doing a THT HIT cycle so should I perform just one set after my one set of triceps pushdowns for a total of 2 triceps sets?

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:24:36 +0000

Great video Mark, but I have one question. You don’t seem to mention anything about pausing at PCP and in the video, you don’t seem to do it. Does this mean it’s not necessary?

By: tim

tim — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:06:07 +0000

if you rest your elbows on a bench you will be able to use more weight

By: Graham

Graham — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:07:51 +0000

Mark,
I did my Triceps today this morning, cable skull crushers x3 and tri’ push downs x4. But I’m doing shoulders tomorrow and I’ll do a couple of sets at the end and report back. I have done these in the past but mainly with the rope attachment.
do you have a vid showing french curls?

Cheers mate, Graham

By: brett martin

brett martin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:40:04 +0000

Hi Mark, I’ve been doing this same excercise for several years now and I still use in in all my tricep workouts it is an awesome finisher to totally blast the tris

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:46:27 +0000

@John. Earphones, buddy lol 😀
@stickupkid. Sure. With the same conditions i.e. as a finisher.
@Muhammad. Yep. Even more so on pushdowns actually. The abs are kicking in to help stabilize the body.

By: Muhammad Fawaz

Muhammad Fawaz — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:34:02 +0000

Hey Mark,
Do you feel a lotta strain in your abs while doing this? I kinda get that problem while doing regular pulldowns, i guess maybe my abs aren’t strong enough lol; amma try this out tomorrow though! seen some guys doing some variation of it

@John A Davis that looks like an earpiece to me, you can see the wire at the negative of the movement haha.

By: stickupkid

stickupkid — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:33:32 +0000

Mark could this be added to the TSPA routine as well?

By: John A Davis

John A Davis — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:26:11 +0000

what? you wearing an earring? In the right ear?

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:49:02 +0000

Have a look at the vid again. Can you see that my back leg is pressed firmly up against the bar of my smith machine? That is really helping stabilize my body. Also, just try a lighter load and higher reps.

By: Niklas Wallis

Niklas Wallis — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:38:33 +0000

I’m using exactly that stance – only problem is I’m lifting myself of the floor. :/

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:36:20 +0000

@Niklas. If you’re not already using a stance similar to the one in this video, do that immediately. After a while doing pushdowns, the loads get so heavy that this becomes absolutely necessary. It will really help stabilized your body. Put one foot forward and allow yourself to lean into the movement a little on the pushdown.
@cudd2287. Yes that will probably work, mate. Plus a lighter weight will allow more reps, which I really like in this movement.

By: John

John — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:34:22 +0000

Hi Mark,
A good variation – will give it a go this week, and will let you know the outcome.

All the best,
John

By: cudd2287

cudd2287 — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:25:16 +0000

was trying to do this in my power rack the other week but couldnt due to wobbling back n forward maybe try it with 1 leg forward n a lighter weight and see how that works cheers mark

By: Niklas Wallis

Niklas Wallis — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:21:33 +0000

Hi Mark, we did this as a part of our THT HIT training since we couldn’t do the recommended tricep excercise (can’t remember which one that was) with the same form that you have just showed us. It worked great even in a 6-8 rep range – had some small difficulties with getting the first rep right, but the results were very good. The reason we started using this excercise to start of with was that we were sliding along with the weight when trying to do tricep push downs – perhaps you could give some tips on how to prevent that?

Thank you for a great site! Greetings from Finland. 😉

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:03:38 +0000

Thanks Mark. I do this exercise already but not in the form you’re recommending. Can’t wait to try it out! I’ll let you know.