Arms · Cable
Cable Triceps Pushdown on Floor
How to do the cable triceps pushdown on floor, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Cable
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Extension
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Attach a rope or bar to a low cable pulley and kneel or sit on the floor facing the stack. Grip the attachment and pin your elbows tight to your sides. Keeping your upper arms locked in place, extend your forearms down and away until your arms are straight, then bend back up under control. Working from the floor takes your legs out of it and isolates the triceps.
- 1Feel your triceps contract as you straighten your arms
- 2Keep your elbows pinned to your sides the whole time
- 3Squeeze at lockout and control the return
Common mistakes
- Don't let your elbows drift forward or flare out
- Avoid using your shoulders or body to push the weight
- Don't cut the range short; fully straighten then fully bend
Muscles worked
The cable triceps pushdown on floor mainly works the triceps, with the forearms assisting.
- TricepsPrimary
- ForearmsSupport
- LatsMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
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More triceps exercises
- How to do the bent-over tricep extension
- How to do the crossbody tricep extension
- How to do the cable katana tricep extension
- How to do the cable single arm tricep extension
- How to do the kickback
- How to do the lying tricep extension
Last reviewed June 2026.