triceps

Per Bernal As you’d expect, building huge arms requires a solid foundation of free-weight exercises over the course of years, including moves like close-grip bench presses, dips, and French presses, as well as barbell, dumbbell, and preacher curls. Yet Elssbiay—guided by his trainer, Ahmad...

Per Bernal Morel’s typical triceps/biceps routine consists exclusively of supersets and high volume. But every month or so, he switches up his arm workout and sticks to straight sets on every exercise with lower volume (roughly half the number of sets as usual), short rest periods, and high...

HYPOTHESIS The bench press is one of the most popular gym exercises. As a compound exercise, it brings multiple muscle groups—including the delts and triceps—into play as prime movers and stabilizers that must work together to balance, direct movement, and generate force. It’s easy to think...

TRICEPS Although muscle shape is largely determined by genetics, ensuring that each portion, or head, of a muscle group is fully developed will go a long way toward equalizing the differences among them. The triceps are a good example. The word triceps means “three heads”— the medial, the...

QUESTION You had some of the craziest triceps I’ve ever seen. I know you’re all about low volume, but can I do extra sets just for triceps to get them like yours? ANSWER Thank you for the compliment, I think. Crazy triceps are a good thing, right? First of all, I want to clear up...

Photos by Per Bernal AKIM WILLIAMS HAS A PROBLEM MOST OF US WOULD LOVE TO HAVE: HIS BICEPS ARE TOO BIG. For a top-level IFBB professional bodybuilder, this is a real issue in terms of symmetry and muscular balance. If the judges’ eyes are continually drawn to your biceps and not your physique...

Do you want an arm-training secret from Mr. O? How about two? Forget that. Go big or go home. We're going to give you 50. These 50 (yes, 50!) arm-training tips helped Heath bring home six Sandows, so far. And he used his own advice as he prepared for the last Mr. Olympia. 1 | Train biceps and...

If you're looking to take you're triceps to the next level, then follow along with the training tips and routine of IFBB Pro Brandon Curry! TRI TIP #1 EXTEND/PRESS “The bulk of my triceps workout is a variety of extension movements. Every now and then, I throw in close-grip bench presses —...

dennis-james-arms.jpg Photos by Ian Spanier “I pyramid up on each exercise. For the first set, I’ll do 12, then 10, then the last set I’ll pick a weight with which I’ll probably only be able to get eight. I train by myself most of the time, so I just go to the point where I feel there’s no...

45-Degree EZ-Bar Skullcrusher Target Muscles: All three triceps heads with emphasis on the long head. THE START Lie face up on a flat bench with your feet flat on the floor. Your body should be fully supported from your hips up to your entire head. Have a partner hand you an EZ-bar and grasp...

I found this yrs ago and thought it was great for beginner to advanced to give a try.Used these workouts many times. Killer Triceps Routines Beginner's Program All beginners belong on a basic, three-times-a-week workout program for at least three to six months. This program has...