can anyone help me understand WHY when i do tricep extensions… (the one where u have your elbow at 90 degree angle and you straight your arm down) that my right tricep gets more activation. Even if I do them one at a time… it seems as if the one hand tricep extension gets MUCH more activation in the muscle then when I do it with the left. It feels as if its working, but when I do my left… I feel it a little, but not as much as I do it with the right… any theories?
It’s so called RTGMA theory…
If it’s your non-dominant arm, I would say it has something to do with mind-muscle connection not being as strong in that arm. You might try, while doing one-arm extensions, to touch your tricep with the other hand. This should help “activate” the muscle more.
[quote]thorax wrote:
It’s so called RTGMA theory…[/quote]
nice one.
[quote]cueball wrote:
If it’s your non-dominant arm, I would say it has something to do with mind-muscle connection not being as strong in that arm. You might try, while doing one-arm extensions, to touch your tricep with the other hand. This should help “activate” the muscle more.[/quote]
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Also, not sure if others would agree, but I feel that using a straight bar will force both arms to utilize the same force more so than a rope.
I think you’re bullshitting yourself.
Check how your shoulders are when you’re lying down. See if one is leaning forward a lil bit. also check if your elbows are stickin’ or if one is flaring out more than the other.