Thread: How do you target the triceps lateral head?

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Yes it should.

Originally Posted by AKIRA

How do you target the triceps lateral head?

Like this...

When you extend your elbow, all of the heads of the tricep become active. If you put your arms over your head when you perform this elbow extension, then you can give the long head an additional stretch which helps it achieve a more forceful contraction via the stretch reflex, but the other heads are still contracting regardless. There is no isolating of tricep heads.

It is my opinion that you can't cause hypertrophy more in one head than another; your genetics dictate how the mass is distributed between them. Others will probably tell you otherwise based on empirical evidence. Believe what you want.

would you like to know how to target the upper middle chest too?????

you better do a (better) search before we have a big long pointless arguement thread.





cant isolate, perhaps can emphasize using different angles of pull.

outer head

trying to isolate the lateral head of the tricep is like trying to isolate the vastus lateralis in the quadricep, it's impossible...

Originally Posted by LAM

trying to isolate the lateral head of the triceps is like trying to isolate the vastus lateralis in the quadriceps, it's impossible...

I think I had one of those at Star Bucks??

Originally Posted by LAM

trying to isolate the lateral head of the tricep is like trying to isolate the vastus lateralis in the quadricep, it's impossible...

Well that could be true....if I used the word "isolate."

Christ, I read through the other "outer Head" thread days ago. And it was made clear to me in that thread that the outer head is known as the long head, while the other one is known as the lateral head. My long head is huge, but lateral is not.

Is there a way to place more stress, shift the weight towards, focus the work on, target, or even, ISOLATE the lateral head.

Yes Yes I know all 3 heads move when the arm is extended, but are you telling me every triceps workout focuses on the 3 heads in its entirety, regardless of weight, angle, machine? And at no point is one part of the muscle(s) working harder than its brother muscles?

Originally Posted by AKIRA

My long head is huge, but lateral is not.

try using a variety of movements such as:
Dips
triceps extensions
close grip bench press
kickbacks
dumbell french press

Originally Posted by AKIRA

Yes Yes I know all 3 heads move when the arm is extended, but are you telling me every triceps workout focuses on the 3 heads in its entirety, regardless of weight, angle, machine? And at no point is one part of the muscle(s) working harder than its brother muscles?

Like I already said, you can do extension movements with your arms overhead to illicit a greater stretch reflex in the long head, but the other heads are still contracting. On top of that, there is only a very limited amount of empirical evidence supporting that this can cause the long head to hypertrophy more than it's brethren. I'm still highly skeptical that it's possible.

You can't emphasize the lateral head, sorry.

Originally Posted by AKIRA

Well that could be true....if I used the word "isolate."

Christ, I read through the other "outer Head" thread days ago. And it was made clear to me in that thread that the outer head is known as the long head, while the other one is known as the lateral head. My long head is huge, but lateral is not.

Is there a way to place more stress, shift the weight towards, focus the work on, target, or even, ISOLATE the lateral head.

Yes Yes I know all 3 heads move when the arm is extended, but are you telling me every triceps workout focuses on the 3 heads in its entirety, regardless of weight, angle, machine? And at no point is one part of the muscle(s) working harder than its brother muscles?

attempting to "target" one head of a muscle that has multiple heads that insert at the same point is called isolating..symantics my friend

Originally Posted by AKIRA

Well that could be true....if I used the word "isolate."

Christ, I read through the other "outer Head" thread days ago. And it was made clear to me in that thread that the outer head is known as the long head, while the other one is known as the lateral head. My long head is huge, but lateral is not.

Is there a way to place more stress, shift the weight towards, focus the work on, target, or even, ISOLATE the lateral head.

Yes Yes I know all 3 heads move when the arm is extended, but are you telling me every triceps workout focuses on the 3 heads in its entirety, regardless of weight, angle, machine? And at no point is one part of the muscle(s) working harder than its brother muscles?

no, the lateral head is the one on the outside of the arm (seen from the side), the long head is the one on the back of the arm (look at my gallery, my tattoos run down the long head), the medial head lies underneath the long head mostly and you can only see the very end of it (usually).

as for the rest of the arguements, the curse has already spoken

from the sounds of this and previous posts, your time would be better spent trying to target the g-spot...

but can you isolate the g-spot?

Originally Posted by jimbofive

from the sounds of this and previous posts, your time would be better spent trying to target the g-spot...

Sorry, I actually use this forum to ASK questions rather than to pretend I know everything. I am here to learn shit I am not 100% completely sure on, instead of making useless comments, posting up repetitive pics, or giving plagiarized advice.

made half a dozen people laugh, i'm sure, and bumped your topic, i don't see what the huff is about...

Originally Posted by jimbofive

made half a dozen people laugh, i'm sure, and bumped your topic, i don't see what the huff is about...

huff?

Oh! Oh, well, ask the person I was quoting...

hehe, you quoted me, lol, don't worry about it (i have no idea how to target the lateral head) i do skull crushers and cable pulldowns

Originally Posted by BigBiceps

try using a variety of movements such as:
Dips
triceps extensions
close grip bench press
kickbacks
dumbell french press

Soooo, I basically already know how to hit the lateral head.

Ugh, okie dokie.