Hammer Triceps Extension; "Rope" Pushdown - Bowflex XTREME 2 SE Owner's Manual

Muscles worked:
Triceps
Position:
Seated – facing outward
Accessory:
Pulleys:
Center Cross Bar – narrow position
Before You Begin:
Remove Leg Extension and adjust seat
height.
Key Points:
motionless.
exercise and control the motion
on the way down.
Muscles worked:
Triceps
Position:
Standing—facing machine
Accessory:
Pulleys:
Lat Cross Bar
Leg Extension:
Removed
Success Tips
Standing Platform.
your wrists straight.
maintain a slight arch in lower back.
exercise, using controlled motion.
Arm Exercises

Hammer Triceps Extension

"Rope" Pushdown—

– Elbow Extension
START START
START
on platform.
or both of the hand grips in the
vertical hammer grip position.
directly in line with cables, palms
facing down, wrists straight.
together. Maintain a slight, comfort-
able, arch in lower back.
Elbow Extension
START START
START
Tower, but keep your feet on the
Standing Platform.
Hand Grips (right Grip in left
hand and vice versa), using the
hammer grip position.
in front of you, until they are
positioned as if grabbing a rope.
arms at your sides.
FINISH FINISH
ACTION
straighten elbows, allowing hands
to move in arching motion above
head.
elbows are bent again.
FINISH FINISH
ACTION
stationary, elbows next to trunk,
slowly straighten your arms
downward, in a gentle arc,
until hands are near tops of
your thighs, hands and elbows
straightened and directly in line
with shoulders.
slowly reverse the arcing motion
and bring the Hand Grips back to
the start position.
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