which is better for overall tricept developement? Is close grip benchpress or skull crushers better for growin the tris?
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which is better for overall tricept developement? Is close grip benchpress or skull crushers better for growin the tris?
Depends. I like heavy pressdowns and overhead (french) presses. Close grip involves too much chest for me, and skulls put too much stress on my elbows.
You're going to get fifty different answers, but mine would be weighted dips. If I had to choose between close grip benches and skull crushers, close grip.
Variety is the best exercise
Weighted dips and close grips are all i do.
There's alot of different tricep exercises but alot involve the same type of thing. Example:
Lying French Presses(Skullcrushers) are a different variaton of an Overhead French Press. The same goes for Rope Presses and Bar Presses. I'm not sure but Dips and Benchs can also both be related in the way that they can both be used to work the chest.
I think it's best to pick one form of french press(skullcrusher, seated, standing), rope or bar pressdowns and I would have to say Dips or Benches, but if you don't want either of those try Kickbacks till failure. My tri's are the biggest muscle on my arm, and I have found tri's easier than biceps or delts.
What does your routine looks like
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Originally Posted by se11
The one for me is this. Ive only started this routine for a few weeks, but I always get the ache on for a day or two after.
I start with dedicated tricep pull downs with an angled bar, do about 10 reps. Then once thats done dive straight on the dip bars for another ten.
Do this for 4 sets
After the third set you can really feel the burn in the Tri's. On the forth, if you dont finish on the Tri pulldowns, say your three short, add an extra three dips.
Killer
heavy close grips, skulls, and dips.
weighted dips.......:lift:
AgreedQuote:
Originally Posted by AandF6969
two each his own, what works for someone might not for you. experimentation is the key. but i like closegrips and pressdowns
MY current tri routine is this.
Skulls-2 sets ez bar
cable press downs- 2 sets straight bar
cable over head extensions-2 sets rope
definately works great for me. but this new program i am doing has close grips before skulls. thanks for all the replies.
What are your thoughts on doing this
skulls 2 sets
close grips 2 sets
cable press downs or over head cable extension-2 sets
For mass:
1) flat close-grip bench presses. No bent wrists, elbows, bouncing,etc. This movement does not hurt, but the inability to perform this correctly leads many away from it.
2) Decline skull-crushers. You can rock really far back on these, and burn the entire three heads from "head to toe".
~SC~
So would you definately put the close grips before skulls?
The decline skulls sounds like its good stuff.
Swolecat is the man I have to admit he knows all
flat close grip bench presses are really good i get great results from them
Thanks bro. I don't know "all", but I don't speak on a subject unless I am extremely confident in it. Both from research and real world application.Quote:
Originally Posted by IrISShEagles
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Well I usually like to doQuote:
Originally Posted by LM1332
Rope Pressdowns 4 sets, 8 reps
Skull Cruchers 3-4 sets, 8 reps
Kickbacks 3 sets, to failure
But any form of pressdown and french press will be good. And on Chest days I do Bench Presses and Chest Dips.
You might want to put tri's in at the end of either chest workout or delts workout, If you do chest one day, tri's another day and delts another day, you will be training your tri's 3 times a week. Thats never good.
I thought it was better because then you can give each muscle it's own day and you can hit all parts of the muscle with full strengthQuote:
Originally Posted by nsa
I understand that reasoning, but your not giving your triceps enough time to recover. 3 times a week is too much.
Way too much.Quote:
Originally Posted by nsa
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I do tris just after Chest. The tricep exercise that really works well for me is Single Arm Dumbbell Ext.
For me, it seems that when i do chest it totally fries my tris. BUt when i do tries after delts, they are about 100 percent strength.
what do you think about training tris twice a week.Quote:
Originally Posted by SwoleCat
once for chest, your not really training them but you are using them.
and once after delts, really training them with skull crushers and weighted dips?
I prefer skull crushers.
all I do is 4 sets of decline skull crushers,and my tris are good to go
4 hard work sets
Its not that complicated at all.All you have to know is basic anatomy.I have a 20" arms naturally.I am 182 cm and 107 kgs.I know you dont believe me.Working out is just term for two basic funktions of the muscle streching and shortening the muscle(aka squezing).So the best exercises for triceps would be the ones who gave you the most strech and the most shortening effect.In my opinion that are behind the neck rope extension with proper form(i mean strech it to behind where youre own body blocks you ,youre own biceps) and the best squeze is when the arms are as far behind youre body as possible in standing position.If you read this reply carefully you can have big arms in 3-4 months.Thank you.
I prefer skull crushers, and close-grip flat bench, w/ excellent form...