triceps

Spending the time in the gym, but not reaping the benefits? You may be wasting your time with one of these five time wasting exercises. You’ve seen them at your gym. People who perform those crazy looking exercises or trendy moves that turn heads. The kinds of exercises you see in the magazines...

Take your triceps to the next level with these 5 triceps exercises that come with unique twists for maximum growth. Plus, there's a triceps routine you can try right away! Let’s face it. When others ask you to strike a pose, it’s the biceps that gets all the attention. But that little voice in...

If you want to build big arms, you have to build big triceps. Check out these 4 triceps exercises and learn how to incorporate them in your workouts. It’s always impressive to see a well-developed set of triceps. Similar to the hamstrings, it’s a group of muscles that aren’t always focused on...

The “Sleeveless” duo of Don Saladino and Frank Sepe recently took to Instagram Live on the Muscle & Fitness IG page to share a shoulders and triceps workout, and they want you to take it for a spin as well. “There are so many different shoulder workouts. Today, we’re going to do a volume one,”...

This article pits two potent tricep builders head to head: parallel bar dips and the close grip bench press. Which is better for arm size? Read on to find out! Brad Borland is a strength & conditioning specialist, cancer survivor and the founder of WorkoutLab. When it comes to choosing exercises...

Arm Anatomy 101 Your arms are the first part of your body that people notice. Ripped arms demand respect and prove your training and dedication to passers-by. That said, most are content with swinging barbell curls and half-ass tricep extensions - moves that are more about ego and less about...

The Romanian man-mountain, Andrei Deiu’ is an authority when it comes to building huge arms. In 2011, at just 17 years of age, he entered the Miami Pro and while it would be his first taste of competition, the young upstart impressed judges so much that he walked away as the winner. Now at age...

The barbell bench press is a rite of passage lift for most lifters. The first two exercises people usually do are the bench press and biceps curls. And then the love affair begins. The barbell bench press allows you to build upper-body size and strength which is great for performance and the...

Anyone who says training arms isn’t “functional” is dead wrong. (That person may also have puny pipes, but now we’re getting petty, sorry.) First of all, isolating the biceps and triceps with single-joint exercises will boost your performance on big compound moves like bench press and overhead...

Who doesn’t love a good chest and triceps workout? We all do, but this one’s a little bit different. It was programmed by Chris Kellum, a certified personal trainer and member of the Florida Army National Guard. Because he needs to be prepared for the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), hitting the...

If you have ever missed a bench, the number one limiting factor that I’ve found is tricep strength. I know others will argue about lat strength, shoulder strength and so on, but tricep strength – or the lack thereof – has always stood out to me as the biggest limiting factor, especially when it...

Everyone wants big guns. You do, I do, and heck…even my mother occasionally strikes a double biceps pose, and flashes her 65 year old pythons. In this article, I am going to break down two aspects of the race for bigger arms: What to know. I will provide you with vital information on just how...

Fellas, how many of you started lifting with the goal of having huge arms? Many of you, right? That’s what I thought. Unless you just started training recently, you know getting big arms is more than banging out curls. You have to make sure you hit those triceps and hit them hard since they...

When it comes to choosing exercises for a specific body part it’s important to choose wisely. Keeping your training effective and efficient is a tall order with the seemingly endless amount of moves available. Which are the very best for your goals? This isn’t more prevalent than with triceps...

Students of anatomy and kinesiology might have an advantage over the rest of us when it comes to triceps training. Not only do they they know the names of all three heads (lateral, long, and medial), but they also know how each head moves. That means they can figure out the best ways to target...

Growing your arms is actually pretty simple: Isolate your biceps and triceps with curls and extensions (respectively), hammer these moves from Logan Carpenter with volume and intensity, and make sure you’re pounding protein the rest of the day. Repeat weekly. (And don’t forget to train all your...

Building Massive BicepsBy Damon Hayhow It sounds strange but big, muscular arms seem to be the male equivalent to females' breasts. If you have a big set (of arms) hanging out of your top you find that people don't talk to your face; they talk to your arms. Construction workers will shout...

The man who wants bigger triceps cannot live on pressdowns alone. Too often, guys in the gym — and maybe you’re one of them — work their triceps to death at the cable pressdown station. Ten sets, 15 sets… whatever it takes to get them sore. But what the pressdown-happy masses don’t seem to...

Bodyweight Triceps Blaster – This is a mechanical drop set where you start with the hardest variation of an exercise, then move to the easier variations as you fatigue. . Skull crushers do a great job of hitting the long-head of the triceps brachii. Doing them in push-up style can add a core...

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