Cable Kickback is a beginner isolation push using cable. It loads Triceps.
Muscles worked
- Primary: Triceps
- Secondary: —
Setup
- Set cable so the target joint can move and nothing else has to.
How to do it
- Take Triceps through a full range. Pause where it is hardest.
- Return under control.
Coaching cues
- Own the stretch and the squeeze.
Common mistakes
- Turning it into a compound swing. Cut the load; slow the eccentric.
Related lifts
- Bar Pushdown Triceps
- Barbell JM Press Triceps
- Barbell Overhead Tricep Extension Triceps
- Barbell Skullcrusher Triceps
- Bench Dip Triceps
- Cable Cuffed Single Arm Tricep Extension Triceps
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