2 Awesome Moves to Blow Up Your Triceps
Everybody wants huge guns, to walk around with gorilla arms rippling with muscle.
We want to strain our t-shirts, we want to be able to curl huge pieces of metal, to have grips of iron, to look jacked when brushing our teeth, to have a hard time scratching the backs of our heads due to excessive meat getting in the way of our joints.
Okay, so maybe not that so much, but still, guys as a rule like building large arms.
And what are often most neglected are our triceps, which actually compose a larger amount of our arms than our biceps do.
So here are three killer tricep moves to help you blow those muscles up, and get the arms of your dreams! Remember: the key to these bread and butter moves is to attempt to achieve strict form and high intensity.
You want to focus as much as you can on the triceps, and not allow your form to get sloppy so that you use other muscles to compensate.
Always watch where your elbows are, because often flaring them out brings in other muscles.
Close Grip Push-Up: Lie on a flat bench and load the weights up to only a moderate amount.
This isn't your killer bench move, so go easy.
Then place your hands relatively close to each other (about 12 inches) and lift the bar and extend it above your face.
Do a regular bench at this point, lifting and lowering to your chest.
Don't grip too close because it places too much strain on your wrists.
This move will focus on your triceps like crazy and deliver a killer burn.
Crazy Dips: Don't do this one on the dip machine, but rather set two benches close to each other.
Place your heels on one, and your hands on the other.
Have a training partner carefully lower a heavy dumbbell into your lap (lengthwise), heavy enough so that you fail at 8 reps.
Then slowly bend your elbows until they form ninety degree angles, then go back up.
Do the 8 reps, then have your buddy remove the weight and do 12 more.
Then place your feet on the floor and do 15 more, then place your feet close to you and do reps until failure.
We want to strain our t-shirts, we want to be able to curl huge pieces of metal, to have grips of iron, to look jacked when brushing our teeth, to have a hard time scratching the backs of our heads due to excessive meat getting in the way of our joints.
Okay, so maybe not that so much, but still, guys as a rule like building large arms.
And what are often most neglected are our triceps, which actually compose a larger amount of our arms than our biceps do.
So here are three killer tricep moves to help you blow those muscles up, and get the arms of your dreams! Remember: the key to these bread and butter moves is to attempt to achieve strict form and high intensity.
You want to focus as much as you can on the triceps, and not allow your form to get sloppy so that you use other muscles to compensate.
Always watch where your elbows are, because often flaring them out brings in other muscles.
Close Grip Push-Up: Lie on a flat bench and load the weights up to only a moderate amount.
This isn't your killer bench move, so go easy.
Then place your hands relatively close to each other (about 12 inches) and lift the bar and extend it above your face.
Do a regular bench at this point, lifting and lowering to your chest.
Don't grip too close because it places too much strain on your wrists.
This move will focus on your triceps like crazy and deliver a killer burn.
Crazy Dips: Don't do this one on the dip machine, but rather set two benches close to each other.
Place your heels on one, and your hands on the other.
Have a training partner carefully lower a heavy dumbbell into your lap (lengthwise), heavy enough so that you fail at 8 reps.
Then slowly bend your elbows until they form ninety degree angles, then go back up.
Do the 8 reps, then have your buddy remove the weight and do 12 more.
Then place your feet on the floor and do 15 more, then place your feet close to you and do reps until failure.
