[quote]anonym wrote:
crod266 wrote:
when you guys do triceps do you really worry bout which heads your hitting?
Unless their arms are 18"+, I don’t think they should be bothering to do so.[/quote]
If most of your shoulders, chest and triceps exercises are heavy pressing movements do you really think it won’t help you add mass to add one movement that targets what they neglect? I just think it’s redundant to only do one type of movement but to each his own.
[quote]will to power wrote:
anonym wrote:
crod266 wrote:
when you guys do triceps do you really worry bout which heads your hitting?
Unless their arms are 18"+, I don’t think they should be bothering to do so.
If most of your shoulders, chest and triceps exercises are heavy pressing movements do you really think it won’t help you add mass to add one movement that targets what they neglect? I just think it’s redundant to only do one type of movement but to each his own.[/quote]
I never said one should only do one type of movement - I just think a majority of the people worrying about their “triceps heads” would be just as fine worrying about putting more meat on the back of their arms, in general. But, yeah: to each, their own.
[quote]anonym wrote:
will to power wrote:
anonym wrote:
crod266 wrote:
when you guys do triceps do you really worry bout which heads your hitting?
Unless their arms are 18"+, I don’t think they should be bothering to do so.
If most of your shoulders, chest and triceps exercises are heavy pressing movements do you really think it won’t help you add mass to add one movement that targets what they neglect? I just think it’s redundant to only do one type of movement but to each his own.
I never said one should only do one type of movement - I just think a majority of the people worrying about their “triceps heads” would be just as fine worrying about putting more meat on the back of their arms, in general. But, yeah: to each, their own.[/quote]
I don’t disagree with you, but in this case I see it as the same as suggesting doing both hip extension and knee flexion exercises for the hamstrings. It’s not like I’m suggesting doing girly exercises, triceps pullovers and french presses are respected mass builders with good strength potential.
Seated overhead half presses with elbows out, since they let you use decent poundage, especially if done in a smith.
Not that you shouldn’t do other things, but I agree with anonym. Don’t forget that most presses work all three. Pretty much any version of the barbell bench will hit all of them.
decline skull crushers(decline takes pressure off elbows), dips, and close grip bench should be your core tri mass builders
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
what have you guys found actualy works really well for packing on tricep meat? please dont mention anything that involves an elastic band or chains.[/quote]
For me, i have fantastically responsive triceps, so what works for me may not work for you. The best improvements have been seen on the following programmes:
Skull crusher flat bench 3 x 4-9
kickbacks 3 x 6-10
or
pressdowns (standard) 3 x 5 - 12
DB French press 3 x 6-10
also when i have trained my Tri’s twice as much as any other BP they respond nicely, so for example 2x per week on a 1x Bodypart freq. split or 3+ more times per week on a split that trains my Fullbody 2x per week.
Joe
Triceps are predominantly fast twist muscle fibers, so keep the following to low reps and maximal weights:
(1) Close Grip Bench (all types)
(2) Board Presses
(3) Lockouts
(4) Dips
All you need is skullcrushers, dips, and DB Extensions.
[quote]Fulmen wrote:
All you need is skullcrushers, dips, and DB Extensions.[/quote]
I’ve found that skull crushers work well, but like other have said, decline takes elbow pressure off. dips work phenomonally with weight. and try pressdowns followed by diamond pushups with a couple of plates on your back immediately after. low rep+ high weight + explosive movement = great results over time
just open an issue of Flex/MD/Muscle n Fiction , I’m sure there’s pages and pages of way to increase triceps.
You can pound them all you want, but you better be eating to help them grow.
IMHO:
1)Dips
2)One-dumbell extension behind head (bell held with both hands)
3)Decline dumbell extensions
4)Rope pushdowns–distant 4th
Personally never got crap out of close-grip BP’s, or reverse grip benches.
I really like cg bench, but for me the move that I felt in my tri’s more than any other is cg decline. I also get to use more weight with it.
Skullcrushers give me wicked elbow pain.
Dips + Close-grip bench presses work for me.
I’ve also liked seated overhead extensions. But I get this nasty sliding ligament feeling in my elbows. Doesn’t hurt, just freaks me out.
I get it in my knees too, if I go too low 
[quote]undeadlift wrote:
Scrotus wrote:
Do tricep extensions with elastic bands and chains.
Hahaha!
Seriously, OP, do weighted dips then drop the weight and do rep out again.[/quote]
I’d like to add tricep pullovers. It stretches the triceps real hard at the bottom position, it hits the back well, it allows you to move more weight than skullcrushers, and it’s a compound exercise like pressing. I think Dave Tate recommends this a lot.
Also, extremely heavy partial dips could help a lot.
For those of you who have elbow pain with skullcrushers, try doing it with dumbells. This is one of my favorite tricep exercises.
weighted dips (dip belt and the 2 to 5 range) worked well for me.
just did a plate for the first time yesterday for 3…
Tate presses
heavy lockouts
working on getting a bodyweight military press/1.5 bench
Lying tri extensions head hanging off the bench and bar behind your head, takes the pressure off the elbows.