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Cable Spider Curls supersetted with Tricep Pushdowns

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Cable Spider Curls supersetted with Tricep Pushdowns – focusing on the squeeze with these two exercises is key. The spider curls are a great exercise for building the bicep peak and giving a great muscle contraction. I used both cables for the straight bar pushdowns trying to switch things up with a different resistance. Been really sick lately but I've been doing my best to get into the gym even if it is just a light arm workout. For more health, nutrition and fitness related to Crohn's checkout FlaredupFitness.com #FlaredupFitness

A post shared by Troy Parsons (@flaredupfitness) on Jul 19, 2015 at 1:32pm PDT

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