Triceps

The Crow said:

What is the single best way to work your triceps using free weights? At the
moment I do the bent over row with a dumbell and one leg on the bench, bring
the dumb up to my body then taking it back down. Any other ideas? Thanks.

Dips. (hold the weight between your legs or on a belt)

For the obvious: There are triceps extensions and benching.

Oh, and handstand pushups, (Balance the weight on your feet. Send us a
link to the video if you do this.)

- bc

Crow,
I typically work the tricep in isolation using cable exercises but
sometimes do close-grip bench also. I typically only do three sets in
isolation since my triceps get hit hard using compound exercises:
incline press, dips, and overhead press. The isolation just finishes
them off. If I had to only use free weights for triceps I would do
close-grip bench or nose busters.

James

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The Crow said:

What is the single best way to work your triceps using free weights? At the
moment I do the bent over row with a dumbell and one leg on the bench, bring
the dumb up to my body then taking it back down. Any other ideas? Thanks.

Personally, I like "skull crushers".
Lying barbell tricep extension.

Narrow grip.
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Quoted message said:

What is the single best way to work your triceps using free weights? At
the moment I do the bent over row with a dumbell and one leg on the bench,
bring the dumb up to my body then taking it back down. Any other ideas?
Thanks.

Try doing movements that work your tris instead of your traps.

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Quoted message said:

What is the single best way to work your triceps using free weights? At
the moment I do the bent over row with a dumbell and one leg on the bench,
bring the dumb up to my body then taking it back down. Any other ideas?
Thanks.

Try doing movements that work your tris instead of your traps.

Ooh good catch!
I missed that when I read his post.

Rows are for back.
Dumbell kickbacks work triceps.
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Om.

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Quoted message said:

What is the single best way to work your triceps using free weights? At
the moment I do the bent over row with a dumbell and one leg on the bench,
bring the dumb up to my body then taking it back down. Any other ideas?
Thanks.

Press. Lots of variety.

The Crow said:

What is the single best way to work your triceps using free weights? At the
moment I do the bent over row with a dumbell and one leg on the bench, bring
the dumb up to my body then taking it back down.

A row is not a tricep exercise. Can't tell from your description, but maybe
you mean tricep kickbacks. There are plenty of better tricep exercises.

Try close grip bench or dips. Overhead tricep extensions are good too.
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Ive all my weight training im not overly good at everything but my triceps
im relatively happy with. Ive found the single best exercise for it are
what I think is called the reverse tricep extension.
Basically use a preacher bar and use a close grip while laying on a bench.
The bar goes behind your head and as low as u can get it. The key with doing
the extension is to make sure the upper arm stays relatively steady with the
movement done at the elbow. I always feel the strain on the tricep directly
and generally the pain is isolated to the area you want to work.
After 3-4 sets I do tricep presses on a bench without weights.
If only I could be as satisfied with this as my other muscles I'd be
laughing.

Other good variations are diamond pushups.
I find tricep dips good too but only to compliment other routines.
I hope this is very useful to those of you interested.
Cheers.

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Quoted message said:

The Crow said:

What is the single best way to work your triceps using free weights? At
the moment I do the bent over row with a dumbell and one leg on the
bench, bring the dumb up to my body then taking it back down.

A row is not a tricep exercise. Can't tell from your description, but
maybe
you mean tricep kickbacks. There are plenty of better tricep exercises.

Try close grip bench or dips. Overhead tricep extensions are good too.
http://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/ArmWt.html#anchor122387

The Crow said:

What is the single best way to work your triceps using free weights?

Dips, military press, or bench; probably in that order though YMMV.

Quoted message said:

At the
moment I do the bent over row with a dumbell and one leg on the bench, bring
the dumb up to my body then taking it back down. Any other ideas? Thanks.

That's not a triceps exercise.

The Crow said:

What is the single best way to work your triceps using free weights? At the
moment I do the bent over row with a dumbell and one leg on the bench, bring
the dumb up to my body then taking it back down. Any other ideas? Thanks.

Best one I do is use a bench. Hands behind me on bench fingers pointing
forwards and lower and raise my body (cant remember the name). But then
my tris are quite weak at the moment.

Geezer From The Freezer said:

The Crow said:

What is the single best way to work your
triceps using free weights?

SNIP

Quoted message said:

Best one I do is use a bench. Hands behind
me on bench fingers pointing forwards and
lower and raise my body (cant remember the
name).

Bench dips? Iirc...

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The Crow said:

What is the single best way to work
your triceps using free weights?

You've received a bunch of choices in this thread. I'll vote for the
close grip bench press
<http://www.aussiebodies.com.au/resources/bb_close_bench_press.gif>
followed by overhead triceps extension with a single dumbbell held with
both hands <http://www.illpumpyouup.com/articles/images/overhead.gif>.

Quoted message said:

At the moment I do the bent over row
with a dumbell and one leg on the
bench, bring the dumb up to my body
then taking it back down.

And, yeah, you got dinged for your description here by (seemingly)
everyone! Did you mean a triceps kickback
<http://images.meredith.com/lhj/images/2002/07/a_Slideshow_TricepsKickback.jpg>?

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Curt
http://curtjames.com/

On 3 Sep 2005 07:06:53 -0700, "Curt James" <[email hidden]>

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The Crow said:

What is the single best way to work
your triceps using free weights?

Bend over near Curt.

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TBR

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

Such a sad and /Truly/ Broken Record repeated himself:

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Curt James said:

The Crow said:

What is the single best way to work
your triceps using free weights?

Bend over near Curt.

www.gaycurtjames.com

TBR

Did The Crow identify their gender? If not, I'll choose /this/ from the
menu... http://www.softgreenglow.com/mt/archives/spankable05.jpg

Spring for the twenty bucks for that domain name, TBR. Your so-called
joke has no teeth. I'll give you minor points, though, for adding
something other than just the bogus URL this time.

How's *your* blood pressure? <g>

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On 3 Sep 2005 07:21:14 -0700, "Curt James" <[email hidden]>

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Did The Crow identify their gender? If not, I'll choose /this/ from the
menu... http://www.softgreenglow.com/mt/archives/spankable05.jpg

Not bad Curt, he's ALMOST passable as a woman.

Quoted message said:

Spring for the twenty bucks for that domain name, TBR. Your so-called
joke has no teeth. I'll give you minor points, though, for adding
something other than just the bogus URL this time.

It's already taken...by you.

Quoted message said:

How's *your* blood pressure? <g>

It's never been high in my life, even when I puffed two packs a day.

TBR

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

The Broken Record said:

Curt James said:

How's *your* blood pressure? <g>

It's never been high in my life, even when
I puffed two packs a day.

TBR

Would you be willing to try three packs a day?

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Curt
http://curtjames.com/

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The Crow said:

What is the single best way to work your triceps using free weights?

Lift them.

Seth
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Who cares? Shut up and lift. -- Watson (the pencil neck) Davis