PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To develop the full sweep of the triceps. Doing this movement gives your triceps a full look to complement the biceps when doing a double-biceps pose. Performing Triceps Presses standing instead of seated allows you to do a cheating movement and thus use more weight. This exercise can also be done with […]
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PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To hit all three triceps heads, especially the long head. EXECUTION: Grasp a barbell with an overhand grip, hands close together. (1) Sit on a bench and raise the bar straight up overhead, arms locked out. (2) Keeping your elbows stationary and close to your head, lower the weight down in an […]
PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To work the triceps through a full range of motion. EXECUTION: (1) Hook a short bar to an overhead cable and pulley, stand close to the bar and grasp it with an overhand grip, hands about 10 inches apart. Keep your elbows locked in close to your body and stationary. Keep your […]
PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To develop and shape the biceps, particularly the height of the biceps peak. EXECUTION: Attach a bar to a floor-level cable and pulley. (1) Grasp the bar with an underhand grip, hands about shoulder width apart. Keeping your elbows fixed at your sides, extend your arms out and down until your biceps […]
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PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To work the triceps. EXECUTION: (1) Lie on a bench, head even with the end, knees bent, feet flat on the bench. Hold one dumbbell in each hand overhead, arms straight, palms facing each other. (2) Hold your elbows stationary and lower the dumbbells down on either side of your head until […]
PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To work the triceps all the way from the elbow down to the lats. EXECUTION: (1) Lie along a bench, your head just off the end with knees bent and feet flat on the bench. Take hold of a barbell (preferably an E-Z curl bar) with an overhand grip, hands about 10 […]
PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To isolate the triceps and develop the horseshoe shape of the muscle. This exercise is especially good for contest or weak point training because by using a cable you can work each arm separately in isolation. EXECUTION: (1) Using an overhead cable and pulley, take hold of the handle with a reverse […]
PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To work the triceps through a full range of motion. EXECUTION: (1) Hook a short bar to an overhead cable and pulley, stand close to the bar and grasp it with an overhand grip, hands about 10 inches apart. Keep your elbows locked in close to your body and stationary. Keep your […]
PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To work the biceps through the longest range of motion possible. When you do Curls on a machine, the movement becomes extremely strict and you are able to contract against resistance over the longest range of motion possible, from the point of full extension to that of a full peak contraction. Because […]