Thread: Help with Triceps

You cant shock a muscle. It has no concept of reality with which to gauge unexpected events.

Do dips, bench press, overhead press, maybe some skullcrushers if you want.

Oh, and eat!!!

Post your exact workouts in detail

Switch one accessory work exercise to a triceps isolation exercise or something like dips. No need to schock your triceps, whatever that is. Your muscles can only grow so hard.

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

Post your exact workouts in detail

Do this, then we might actually know what your problem is.

You want big triceps?
1. Skullcrushers 1 warm-up set and 4 heavy sets.
2. Two handed over head dumbell extension
3.Triangle Pushdowns
4.Reverse grip skullcrushers

Eat good and train heavy trust me.

Thank you very much guys for your help.I actually read "The wisdom of Mike Mentzer" and he insisted on doing an isolation tricep pushdown supersetted with Dips which is a compund exercise.I think this is clever because when the tricep is reaches muscle failure and is supersetted with a compound movement like shoulder press or dips, the shoulder aid in helping the tricep which reduces the resistance only on the triceps and spreading it to the shoulders and chest.Its like drop sets basically,going past muscle failure.I tried it and gave me a great pump.Oh and i am eating right..

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

Post your exact workouts in detail

I'm a fan of reverse dips. But you'll need a lot of weight sitting in your lap to do them - like a person.

Seems like nothing hits the triceps as hard as those do.

I get the best results with close grip bench press.

Originally Posted by Icy-Dice

Thank you very much guys for your help.I actually read "The wisdom of Mike Mentzer" and he insisted on doing an isolation tricep pushdown supersetted with Dips which is a compund exercise.I think this is clever because when the tricep is reaches muscle failure and is supersetted with a compound movement like shoulder press or dips, the shoulder aid in helping the tricep which reduces the resistance only on the triceps and spreading it to the shoulders and chest.Its like drop sets basically,going past muscle failure.I tried it and gave me a great pump.Oh and i am eating right..

- A pump says nothing about muscle growth.
- It's called pre-fatigueing iirc, and it's just one way to train. I think it's decent if you want to try something else entirely and you're really stuck, but I wouldn't recommend that as a standard procedure.

Originally Posted by dAMvN

You want big triceps?
1. Skullcrushers 1 warm-up set and 4 heavy sets.
2. Two handed over head dumbell extension
3.Triangle Pushdowns
4.Reverse grip skullcrushers

Eat good and train heavy trust me.

How many sets, reps, times per week, etc. It looks crap tbh. Too much isolation, too much volume and too many different exercises.

Originally Posted by JimSnow

I'm a fan of reverse dips. But you'll need a lot of weight sitting in your lap to do them - like a person.

Seems like nothing hits the triceps as hard as those do.

If you put your feet on a bench the exercise is harder and you can put plates on your legs to make it even harder.

If you started folowing a balanced program you body will adjust and you will become balanced overtime.

I believe that any effort geared towards "fixing" the problem will be a waste of time!

Originally Posted by MyK

If you started folowing a balanced program you body will adjust and you will become balanced overtime.

I believe that any effort geared towards "fixing" the problem will be a waste of time!

To a certain extend I agree, but I believe it is possible to focus on particular muscles. But yeah, you shouldn't go apesh*t on the triceps and ignore the rest.

Originally Posted by Witchblade

To a certain extend I agree, but I believe it is possible to focus on particular muscles. But yeah, you shouldn't go apesh*t on the triceps and ignore the rest.

I agree that it is possible to focus on certain muscle, however I think it is not the best way to go about things.

I believe that the best way is too train the muscle groups and movements so the muscles grow inproportion and together this way damage will be avoided from any imbalances that he may have! but alas, Icy-Dice can do what the fuck he wants, I dont care!

I agree with you Myk. Train movements not muscles.

skull crushers ss with cg, sets of 10-12 for a couple of sets, barbell close grip bench press, 2 or 3 sets of 6-8, VERY VERY SLOW on the negative. 3+ seconds and explosive on the positive, then maybe 2 or 3 sets of dips/ overhead ext.

Originally Posted by Icy-Dice

Thank you very much guys for your help.I actually read "The wisdom of Mike Mentzer" and he insisted on doing an isolation tricep pushdown supersetted with Dips which is a compund exercise.I think this is clever because when the tricep is reaches muscle failure and is supersetted with a compound movement like shoulder press or dips, the shoulder aid in helping the tricep which reduces the resistance only on the triceps and spreading it to the shoulders and chest.Its like drop sets basically,going past muscle failure.I tried it and gave me a great pump.Oh and i am eating right..

Excellent point! I use this principle when compiling my workouts.


Try those reverse dips, too. As a newbie, I'm leaning toward compound movements - but, at the end of a workout - if you've got anything left, why not play around with some isolation? For me, it's like dessert.