Comments on: The McManus Tricep Pushdown!

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:27:24 +0000

@Spence. I use the Marcy MP3100 Smith Machine – great piece of home-use equipment.
@Shaun. You must be doing something wrong. But in order to know I’d need to see you do it. If you wanna make a vid (maybe put it on YouTube), let me know and I’ll critique the form.

By: shaun whitaker

shaun whitaker — Sat, 01 May 2010 23:03:41 +0000

Mark I really have shown a big change in size just in the three weeks I have been following ur weight lifting advice thanks a lot. Anyhow I tried ur pulldown exercise yesterday and a lot of tearing like pain in t he sides of my pecks. Is that ok or am I doing something wrong. If you get a chance hit me back please. Thanks again Shaun Whitaker

By: Spence

Spence — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:59:39 +0000

Mark, with the move to cable workouts, any recommendations on the ideal cable machine for a home gym? It seems that you have one.

By: Rokky

Rokky — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:51:49 +0000

best tricep isolation exercise ever besides dips but it is compound.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:49:50 +0000

@Faris. Yes go ahead and replace the kickbacks with these.

By: faris bsd

faris bsd — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:17:04 +0000

HI Mark, was wondering should i replace this with tricep kickbacks or the normal pushdown.. and i do find kickbacks to be abit awkward

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:31:02 +0000

That’s right Stephen but also remember to walk a few paces back from the machine so that the cable is angled – this is key to generating that resistance at the PCP.
All the best man.

By: Stephen potter

Stephen potter — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:43:20 +0000

Great exercise mark! I train at home now and the o e thing i miss is the cable machine! Used to luv doing my pulldowns like this. I always found more of a burn by bending forward slightly.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:19:34 +0000

@Adam. I’m lucky I’ve got a home gym 😉
@Mike. If you don’t find the kickbacks awkward then there’s no need to drop them. You could alternate them. I personally loved the cable kickbacks but these are even better.
@George. Yes, put the strap around the top of the wrist/bottom of hand and you’re all set. Then I thought of another use.
If placed them around the elbow joints, I could replicate perfectly a pullover machine by using a high pulley – you’d get the best lat stimulation possible! So that was me sold – my straps are on their way as we speak 🙂 .

By: George

George — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:40:36 +0000

@Mark

Just had a look at those straps they look like they would be really good for these, would be able to get that extra kick back and less chance of forearms giving out before your triceps especially if you are doing these after some forearm intensive exercises. If you purchase them dont forget to let us know how they are. (i might invest anyway its only a few £)

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:16:04 +0000

Hey Mark,
loving the new exercises!

Are these better / would these replace tricep cable kickbacks? i’ve been doing the kickbacks for a while now and find them an awesome tricep workout, wandering what your view on this would be?

cheers

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:43:44 +0000

An interesting variation, Mark! I’ll roll it out tonight after work.

Now all I need is auopilot in my Escape for the drive home after the gym thanks to you constantly raising the bar (chain, whatever!) with your improved exercises!

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:17:38 +0000

@Omar. That’s great to hear.
@Michael. I actually cut the video off 1 rep before I reached failure. So you can imagine how hard that rep was and how slow it was to complete.

By: michael

michael — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:54:33 +0000

nice you see you working til failure mark!
inspirational!

By: omar

omar — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:48:24 +0000

wow that’s good stuff,yo thanks mark i have noticeably improved since i started following your pcp exercises especially my back.you the man
nice way of explaining it george very true 😀

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:01:06 +0000

@Keith Thanks mate.
@George. You hit the nail on the head my man!

By: George

George — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:24:00 +0000

Looks great mark, I’m loving all these exercises you bring out a lot of them are similar to stuff i already do but with a slight tweak, or using the cables in ways I hadn’t thought of previously. In my opinion you are definitely moving in the right direction with the cables, due to the simple effect of gravity alway having a constant effect on the weight stack causing the muscles targeted to constantly be engaged! unlike with dumbbell/bars where the weight generally lets off after, or doesn’t begin until a certain point.

Great work!

By: Keith Davis

Keith Davis — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:12:12 +0000

Hi Mark
That looks like a great triceps builder.
I can see your tris really working hard.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:46:13 +0000

@Dee. Thanks man.
@Sean. Yes.
@iRobot. Dude, if that’s what it takes for maximal stimulation lol.

By: iRobot

iRobot — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:23:44 +0000

Dude, are like all your new and “best” exercises, going to be cable exercises?

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:08:25 +0000

Ah, I was hoping you’d post a video on these soon – now, is it safe to assume you’d recommend these over the tricep pushdown video you had out last year since they focus the PCP more?

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:57:29 +0000

Great post Mark. Can’t wait to give it go! Loving all the PCP exercises 🙂