Thread: Triceps arent sore the next day anymore??

How is your form...by pushing yourself 'so' hard you may be getting slopping and adding too much stress on the shoulders/chest instead of the triceps. This is especially common with pressdowns....stand upright and make sure you keep the elbows very tight to your sides.

I watch my form extremely close (especially last night) and make sure my spotters keep an eye on it for me too. I guess I can tell them to "really" watch my elbows to make sure they stay to my sides. Any good w/o excersizes you recommend.

Just becuase they are not sore the next day does not mean that you didn't have a good workout. My triceps/biceps never really get sore after my workout but they kep on growing and getting stronger. You tri's just may recover faster than some of your other muscles.

Originally posted by P-funk
Just becuase they are not sore the next day does not mean that you didn't have a good workout. My triceps/biceps never really get sore after my workout but they kep on growing and getting stronger.

soreness is not a good measure of a productive work-out.

Originally posted by P-funk
Just becuase they are not sore the next day does not mean that you didn't have a good workout. My triceps/biceps never really get sore after my workout but they kep on growing and getting stronger. You tri's just may recover faster than some of your other muscles.

I agree. I have not had sore triceps for quite some time, and I work the snot out of them.

I am still going up in weight every week in almost everything in the gym so I guess I won't sweat it. Thanks again

Try EZ Curl Bar Overhead Extension on an incline?

Should I let the weight go behind my head or to my forehead "skull crusher" ?

Well below your head...the purpose here is to get an extremely good stretch. Should give youa nice change of pace...feels very different from other movements. Keep the arms pointed backward so that when the triceps are fully contracted there is still tension.

BY FIT : Well below your head...the purpose here is to get an extremely good stretch.

Yes that is exactly what I am lacking is a good way to STRETCH out my triceps. Nothing I do stretches them the way this will. Perfect. I will do these next week and I know it will be a good burn. Can't wait T/Y

How many times a week do you work your tri's?

Originally posted by Fit Freak
Well below your head...the purpose here is to get an extremely good stretch.

In regards to building strength and size why to you think that is necessary?

Personally I go down to my forehead (hence the term skullcrushers), going back beyond my forehead just forces me to spend more time and energy and use other muscles (like back) to pull the weight back up.

scotty---How many times a week do you work your tri's?

All my muscles only get worked once a week

I am not sure who reads the diaries. Could someone answer the very last question I asked in my diary post??
my diary: Gotta gain weight!!!

Originally posted by ectomorph141
All my muscles only get worked once a week

Where in relation to your chest workout is your tri workout? Is it the same day?

My tri's don't get really sore but i can feel it for at least two days after they'ver been worked.

Where in relation to your chest workout is your tri workout? Is it the same day?

The guys I w/o with change it up every week. Yesterday we worked chest then tris afterwards. My chest is destroyed But the tris have nothing

I've done up to 36 sets a week for triceps/biceps etc and when your body adapts to the workload, I dont see how you would be sore, because I wasn't. As time goes on you just get used to it, time to try something new, however you chose to do so.

Prince...the reason is to force a contraction in a muscle in its stretched state.....It's a totally different exercise...well...quite different...than traditional skullcrushers. I try to utilize the style of training that uses mid-range (power) movements, stretched contractions, and peak contractions. Works the muscles from as many ways as possible with minimal exercises. It's called POT or POF (can't remember which).

Fit, I see what your saying, and I have used this too. At the end of your "skull crusher" you will have a hard contraction instead of a restfull state at the top of the rep, you dont even need that much angle to get this effect.

I finish my movement around the middle of the top of my head, I dont use my forehead or certainly not the nose, maybe my arms are long but this is too short of an area to confine my movement too, I dont like it.

I find that I like the effect of maintaining stress on the muscle at all time, one way to force yourself into getting this achieved is to use a lighter weight and go slow, it really makes for killer sets as opposed to just slopping through the movement using a heavier weight. The only 'pro' that I've seen train like that on video is Francois Benfatto, I like it either way.

Originally posted by Mudge
At the end of your "skull crusher" you will have a hard contraction instead of a restfull state at the top of the rep, you dont even need that much angle to get this effect.

hmmm...when I do skull-crushers with 120lbs there is nothing "restful" about it when I bring it down to me forehead!

If your increasing in size and weight your able to lift with your tri's, I wouldn't worry about it, once that stops then you have problems.

i have noticed the best gains from the following exercises, i only use 3 per week.

close grip bench
reverse grip bench
pushdowns
skulls
weighted dips

I've noticed the same lack of soreness with my delts. My traps are destroyed after a good shoulder workout, yet I feel nothing in my delts. I think my delts are growing better than most other muscle groups, so I agree that soreness isn't a great indicator of a successful workout. Gotta admit that we all love that soreness though, right?

Originally posted by Prince
hmmm...when I do skull-crushers with 120lbs there is nothing "restful" about it when I bring it down to me forehead!

Ah hah! How about 130 pounds You brute

Shoulders bother me the most when sore actually, you can never get into a position without them aggrivating me. As for other things, a bit of mild stimulus is a nice reminder that your working hard.