Favorite Exercises for Tri Development?

FlawedGrunt

FlawedGrunt

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For some reason my arms seem to lack in the tricep department and its not that they dont have some mass but they dont grow any "wider"? What do you guys feel is the best exercise to hit overall tricep development other than deadlifts of course
 
Or I should say what have you guys seen the best growth from... and not just what you think is the best! haha
 
I personally like some bench dips with my feet kicked up on another bench.. on and a stack of 45's racked on my junk.
 
A drop down set of overhead dumbell presses always kills me I usually drop down 15 pounds each time and try to get 8 reps then drop and do 15pounds less for 8 until i get to 20 pounds which should be hard as **** to squeez out. USE A SPOTTER and do it for 3 sets.
 
FlawedGrunt said:
For some reason my arms seem to lack in the tricep department and its not that they dont have some mass but they dont grow any "wider"? What do you guys feel is the best exercise to hit overall tricep development other than DEADLIFTS of course
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stop doing deadlifts for triceps
 
FlawedGrunt said:
For some reason my arms seem to lack in the tricep department and its not that they dont have some mass but they dont grow any "wider"? What do you guys feel is the best exercise to hit overall tricep development other than deadlifts of course
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For me - Weighted Dips and Flat Close-Grip Barbell Bench Press.

~Rosie~
 
Close grip bench, Weighted Dips, and overhead EZ bar french presses (in conjunction with the other 2). Tried reverse grip bench on a smith machine and hated it. Flat ez bar seems like a waste to me, but different strokes... Tri pulldowns on lat bar or cables also seemed like a waste in hindsight.
 
Dips (weighted if need be)

I did 4 sets of cable pull downs with the rope a few days ago and felt really good afterward. It's one of the only lifts where I actually lock out my arm because I really flex the hell out of my tris when I pull the rope apart.

Kind of like this guy:
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**NOTE: I can't hear what he's saying and I stand closer to the rope so it comes straight down, slight break at the knees.**
 
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My tri's used to suck pretty bad. I have added a lot to them by doing full body dip>pushdown superset. I do three sets, three times a week. Its worked wonders.
 
Good old rope cable pulldowns, rope over head extensions, and probably the most under-rated tricep exercise is the dumbell kickback. It's not just for girls!
 
Yeah it is lol they look good doin it guys look gay. Anyways I would go heavy then light so earlier I said drop down set overhead press then do drop downs for skull crushers, then I like to do supersets underhand cable pulldown and overhand press down 8-12 reps each really gets the blood flowing and pumping.
 
DB overhead extensions, kickbacks, dips, pulldowns w/ preacher bar and cables, SS incline DB press w/ close grip pushups.

have fun, mix those up^ plus the other ones mentioned before are all good as well. I find kickbacks with a cable to be fantastic to cap off your workout, and finish burning out after hittin heavier weights for tris.
 
Forcibly pronating your hand when your doing a tricep exercise is supposed to target the outer portion of the muscle. You might be able to add some width by concentrating on the outer portion if you don't already. Cable tricep push-downs with a rope are good for this.

I've read that doing dips with your palms facing outward is supposed to help with the outer portion of the muscle as well. However, this one sounds very painful and awkward. Can't imagine it would be good on the shoulders
 
Shxt! I got options!


Thanks guys! I tried to do a variation of the JM press with DB at home tonight and i actually really liked it, would liked to try it with a BB

im thinking about trying the push and pull tri superset idea, ive always done opposite body part supersets chest/bi's back/tris so ill have to try the same body part idea
 
Hawk thanks for sharing the video. I have found that keeping the rope splayed apart has made a big difference for me but i was keeping it apart all the way through the range of motion. One thing that the guy is doing however is holding his shoulders forward and thus putting a lot of upper body weight on the rope. Most can do the whole stack that way. What i have found recently (and this is just probably proper technique to begin with) is to keep the shoulders back throughout the whole range. The weight came way down but i get the best pump ever on these. I can feel the whole back of the arm swell, right up to the elbow. I still arch my shoulders forward and do the stack for variation sometimes but this one i feel works best for me and everyone iv'e introduced to it says the same.
 
Hawk thanks for the reps and i just got back from trying this out at the gym. It really rocks the medial head but you can feel it everywhere in the long and lateral heads too. It really made me feel like every other tricep workout i have ever done has been a waste.
Highly recommend this :yup:
 
Oh, I totally forgot about close grip decline bench. I do it with two fingers outside the outer gritting (so two fingers between the outer gritting and the middle gritting on the barbell) from each hand. It blasts parts of my triceps like nothing else. I've heard it compared to dips, and I can kind of see the comparison, but I don't know.
 
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Good old rope cable pulldowns, rope over head extensions, and probably the most under-rated tricep exercise is the dumbell kickback. It's not just for girls!
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Holy s!@# dumbbell kickbacks = awesome, i didn't even know people considered them more of a female exercise lol :ponder:
 
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