So you want to get big huge muscular arms. Do not ignore your triceps exercises.
In gyms everywhere, you will see people doing bicep curls after bicep curls. If someone were to ask them to show their muscles, they will most likely flex their biceps. How about you? Well, since you are reading this article, then you must have known that to own huge muscular arms, you must build huge triceps.
Do you know why? It is because your tricep is 2/3 the size of your arm. Just imagine, your bicep is only 30% while your tricep takes up 60%. So if you are neglecting your triceps, you are neglecting 60% of your arms while working on the miniscule 30% called the biceps. Of course you still need to work on your biceps for that well rounded balanced muscular look.
Furthermore, since your triceps are involved in many other body building exercises such as military presses, bench presses and many other exercises, having strong triceps will help you to lift heavier in those other exercises and thus will be encouraging further muscular growth in other body parts.
Your triceps consist of three main muscle whereas your biceps has only 2, the their respective names begins with "tri" and "bi". That is another reason why your triceps should be bigger.
Tricep Excercise Form
So you have been training your triceps but do not see good results. It could possibly be due to your movement during your reps where the exercises are not performed to its full range of motion. You see, the mass concentration of tricep muscles is at the top of the arm and therefore you have to stretch your arms beyond what you feel that is natural in order to reach the deep fibers of your tricep muscles.
On top of that your form must be strict with minimum elbow movements when performing tricep exercises like skull crushes and tricep extensions. These exercises reach deep into your triceps muscles when you do it with full range of movement.
Tricep exercises like close grip bench press, diamond pushups and cable pushdowns do not give you that range of movement as the range of these exercises are limited. This is not to say that you don't do these exercises, just concentrate on them less.
So in order to build big huge triceps, you must feel the pull of your tricep muscles when the weight is at its lowest position before pulling them back.
Want those big muscular arms? Then do not forget to work on your triceps hard and do it in good form.
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By: martyn | 16-11-2007
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Home Tricep Workout For Lawrence
By: sgfitnessonline | 06-11-2007
Hi Lawrence, If you are exercising from home, I suggest compound exercises like slow push ups with weights on your back or back pack stuffed with books as weight. Go down real slow, pause at the bottom for two seconds before powering up. This exercise not only work your triceps, it work your delts, back, lats, entire core as well as chest. Now you can have overall body workout including your triceps. Now, if you want to hit your triceps more, just narrow the witdth of your palm placement. Chris Chew www.sgfitness.com
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