dont feel burn on triceps.. whats my mistake?

[valinjop]

Every other muscle i work on seems to go smoothly, i feel the tightening and in the exact area i need. When i do triceps, i dont feel any soarness or tightening. What are some common mistakes i may be making, and whats a good triceps routine. im 6'3 185. also my back a little bit too the same problem, but not to as much of an extent

[Passion4Pump]

what exercises are you doing for triceps? Sounds like a lack of mind-muscle connection to me.

[skarotum]

The first mistake is assuming "tightness" or "pump" is an indication of progress.
It might not mean that you aren't working the muscle well.

IMO a few of the best exercises are:

Close grip bench
skull crushers
bench dips
over head DB extension

[MikeDS]

Incline skullcrushers I find give a much bigger pump than on a flat bench

[mark2dx]

I have the same problem and I'm not quite sure why. It's always best to keep elbows in tight and stationary for pushdown type exercises, and keep the weight light enough so you're not recruiting other muscles for all tricep exercises.

I've been getting a pretty good burn from supersetting lying tricep extensions (ez-bar) + close grip ez-bar press, finally starting to see and feel my tricep a bit more.

[Turco]

More reps/set.
More sets/exercise.

[joeysby]

close grip bench press or dips, then follow that by doing some cable pressdowns or DB kickbacks for high reps.

[Olympique]

Try skull crushers, 4x12, with as good form as you can.