Triceps Exercises For Really Muscular Arms

Why Doing Bicep Curls Is Not Enough

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Want to get big muscular arms? Then you will have to build big triceps using the correct triceps exercises. 

In almost every public gym, and probably without exception, you will see people working out doing bicep curls after bicep curls. 

If you ask someone to show you their muscles, they will almost invariably flex their biceps.  What about you? 

If you would like to have big muscular arms then you must also build big triceps muscles.  The reason for this is simply that your triceps is two thirds the size of your arms.  Just imagine, while your biceps make up 30% of your arm size, your triceps make up 60%. 

So, if you are neglecting your triceps exercises, you are neglecting 60% of your arms and only working on the miniscule 30% of your arm known as the biceps.  Of course, you still need to do your biceps exercises to achieve that well rounded, balanced, muscular arms look.

As your triceps are also involved in many other muscle building exercises such as military presses, bench presses, chin ups and many other exercises, having stronger triceps will help you to lift heavier weights in those exercises and will, therefore, be encouraging more muscular growth in other body parts.

Your triceps consist of three main muscles whereas your biceps has only 2 muscle heads, which is the reason why their respective names begin with "tri" and "bi".  That is another reason why your triceps should be built bigger.

Triceps Exercise Tips:

So, you have been training your triceps but do not see good muscular development  in your triceps - or you may have even hit a plateau? 

It could possibly be that your movements during your reps are not performed to their full range of motion. 

As the mass concentration of triceps muscles are at the top of the arm, it is necessary for you have to stretch your arms beyond that which you feel is natural in order to reach into the deep fibers of your triceps muscles
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Furthermore, your form must be strict, with minimal elbow movement, when performing triceps exercises like skull crushes and triceps extensions.  When performed with a full range of movement, these exercises reach deep into your triceps muscles
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Triceps exercises such as a close grip bench press, diamond push ups and cable pushdowns do not give you that full range of movement, as the range of these exercises is limited.

So, to build big triceps you must feel the pull of your triceps muscles when the weight is at its' lowest position, before pulling them back to the starting position.  To have big muscular arms ripping out of your sleeves, do not forget to work hard on your triceps exercises and do them in good form.