Elenoa McCabe

Training Tip Tuesday 🚨 Tricep Pushdowns

The biggest issue I see is people trying to move too much weight. Once the stack gets heavy, the elbows start drifting forward, the torso starts leaning over the cable, and suddenly it’s less of a tricep exercise and more of a full-body event.

Your triceps only cross the elbow joint. That means the movement should be happening at the elbow, not your shoulders, hips, or entire personality.

A few quick fixes make a huge difference:
-Keep your elbows pinned close to your sides so they don’t drift forward.
-Keep your ribs down so you’re not leaning your whole body over the stack.
-And actually straighten your arms at the bottom of the rep and squeeze the triceps before coming back up.

If you feel this mostly in your shoulders or upper back, the weight is probably too heavy.
Clean reps, full range of motion, and controlled tempo will grow your triceps a lot faster than trying to ego-lift the entire cable stack.

Save this so the next time you do pushdowns… your triceps get that pump 🥐

Training Tip Tuesday 🚨
sumo squats!!

common mistakes i see:
– Too narrow (that’s just a squat with commitment issues)
– Not pushing knees out
– Standing too upright and turning it into a quad movement
– Loading it heavy and cutting depth in half

your tempo matters- control the way down. don’t dive bomb it. take two to three seconds on the down. pause for half a beat if you actually want growth instead of ego reps.

if you’re not sure, film at a 45 degree angle next time & audit your reps using this video

if this helped, save it so your next lower body day actually hits your glutes. or if you’re feelin spicy send it to the friend who says “I just don’t feel sumo squats.”

we grow through what we go through, am i right 🥴

but in all seriousness if you’re trying to level up, the obstacles you meet along the way are tools to help solidify your change!

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