Are doing dips the best tricep building exercise?
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Thread: Best Tricep Exercise - Dips?
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11-03-2009, 07:31 AM #1
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11-03-2009, 07:49 AM #3
Dips are a staple in my routine. I don't know if they are the best but they are effective. Depending on the angle of your body, you can focus on chest (leaning forward) or tri (staying straight). Also will blast your shoulders. Do em often.
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11-03-2009, 07:51 AM #4
I don't know if it's the "best" exercise, but it is a very good exercise to build up the triceps. I don't think that there are "best" exercises because so many exercise stress a muscle in a slightly different way.
Variety is the spice of life. But I'd recommend cycling dips in and out of your triceps routine on a regular basis."To close one's eyes will not ease another's pain" - Chinese Proverb
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11-03-2009, 08:01 AM #5
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11-03-2009, 01:11 PM #8
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Have not been doing this, I use self assisted machine BTW till my strength is up but I can change the angle. Excellent pt.!
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Great list, I will add the close-grip bench press, did not have that in my prog. but I have the rest.
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Cool. I never heard of a JM presses or 4 board TNG presses are - I will look this one up. Overhead DB ext., got that.
I think overall my general prog. may need to be revises a bit but I will keep w/what I got and switch it up!!
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11-03-2009, 01:16 PM #9
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My triceps have gotten to a pretty decent size relative to the rest of my body and I've never done a tricep isolation. It's actually pretty hard to isolate triceps entirely when you think about it, and not terribly necessary unless you're really fine-tuning.
I personally get enough tricep work from:
Dips
Bench Press
Overhead Press
... with as much weight as possible.
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11-03-2009, 01:17 PM #10
For me, the most effective tricep exercises:
1. Close Grip Bench Press
2. Cable Tricep Pushdowns (with rope attachment)
3. Dips ( I like to use 2 benches with a DB between my knees)Bart: What do we need church shoes for? Jesus wore sandals.
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11-03-2009, 03:40 PM #11
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11-03-2009, 03:49 PM #12
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11-03-2009, 04:05 PM #13
I really do not think so and this is coming from someone who has done weighted and unweighted dips for 2.5 years now.. I would say you need to do something like dips, cable push downs, and an overhead extension type movement like larry scott tricep extensions or skullcrushers or something along those lines, to really get your triceps growing good.
(type in search "larry scott tricep extensions" , these are like by far the best to get your tricep sore the next day every single time)
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11-03-2009, 11:46 PM #14
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11-03-2009, 11:50 PM #15
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I haven't tried dips in a long time but they would always feel like too much shoulder. After 2 shoulder injuries, im kinda hesitant to try them again(probably form) when I feel great doing rope pulldowns and skullcrushers(flat bench & the press too)
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11-05-2009, 12:02 PM #16
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11-06-2009, 06:21 AM #23
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11-06-2009, 07:40 AM #24
I don't know the name of my favourite triceps exercise, although I'm a gym instructor and a Pt, I have never seen anyone else in my gym do it. I guess it's somewhat a rare exercise.
Anyway, I would call it as "seated close grip military tricep press". It probably has a real name, I just don't know it.
Basically you take a narrow grip from the bar and just lower it close to your head while keeping your elbows on the side. Then you just push it back up. Easy and effective, at least I think so. This is really one of my favourite exercises at the moment.
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