Tricep workouts, are they really worth it?

[SMCengineer]

Dead serious, never really had to work them out. I am a big believer in dips though. So I guess that is kinda a tricep exercise.

I don't know of any better tricep exercise for overall mass. I also don't understand why you say you don't work out your tris cause you do. Just because you don't do isolation movements for your tri's doesn't mean your not directly working them out.

It's like saying, "I really don't feel the need to workout my legs because squats work just fine for me."

[Narkissos]

I don't know of any better tricep exercise for overall mass. I also don't understand why you say you don't work out your tris cause you do. Just because you don't do isolation movements for your tri's doesn't mean your not directly working them out.

It's like saying, "I really don't feel the need to workout my legs because squats work just fine for me."

Agreed.

-CNS

[Ronnie Rowland]

Do you work your biceps and deltiods? If so, then why not work the triceps???

[maxex]

I don't know of any better tricep exercise for overall mass. I also don't understand why you say you don't work out your tris cause you do. Just because you don't do isolation movements for your tri's doesn't mean your not directly working them out.

It's like saying, "I really don't feel the need to workout my legs because squats work just fine for me."

I agree, dips (weighted or not) are probably one of the most effective exercises for chest and tri's both.



Also, as far as my body. ( keep in mind, this is off cycle) I don't need to work my tri's or bi's nearly as much as I see other people work theirs and I've had years where I worked the hell out of them and they hardly grew, and now that I only do 1-2 tri exercises after a chest workout I've seen a huge improvement. I do even less for bi's, my back routines kill my bi's. I still do concentration curls and other isolating bi exrszs but anything more seems counter prooductive.

for me..It is very easy to overtrain my muscles if not on cycle.