Killer triceps exercise ?

[nicks92]

I want an effective triceps exercise which i can perform on alternate days.
[rep for every answer]
thanks

[ghettocandyman]

decline and incline skulls

[nicks92]

decline and incline skulls

Thnx buddy..but what about Sets & reps? Is it ok to perform it on alternate days as muscle also need time to recover ?

[CharvelSoCal]

Rope Pulldowns as well.

[akmusclehamster]

dips
band pushdowns

[doza808]

Double kickbacks. 4 sets x 15 reps

Kills the inner head of the triceps. Use light weight so you don't use momentum to swing up the weight.

[DivaJana]

I want an effective triceps exercise which i can perform on alternate days.
[rep for every answer]
thanks

I suggest you start off by reading the stickies in every forum then comeback and re ask your question.

[chazzy1864]

I'm only making a post suggesting a triceps exercise so I can get your awesome gray block rep!


Reverse grip pressdown.

[AdrianPerry]

A few from my tricep routine:

Skullcrushers
Dips
V bar push downs, or rope pull downs.

Dips always seem to be the exercise that really gets the burn going

[jmccauley1229]

Rope Pulldowns as well.

if you are pulling with your triceps, you are doing it wrong...

[VlKlNG]

Overhead Triceps Pushdowns, gets ya a nice deep burn brah.

[larrycrazy]

French curls,Close grip bench press,Pushdowns all seem to be effective.

[Roidmonster55]

I'm only making a post suggesting a triceps exercise so I can get your awesome gray block rep!

The best thing ever is when you get a gray block neg. With a message saying Negged, *******!!!! I don't know whether to laugh or cry in embarrassment for them. So, I send them deeper into the red.

My favorite is close-grip BB press and weighted dips. I've said this before, but I prop my dip station up on one end so that the arms are tilted, and then I dip facing the downward slope. It takes MAJOR tension off the wrists when doing the exercise.


OK don't break your necks lol, I don't know why it loaded sideways. But anyway, you get the idea. The change looks insignificant but makes an incredible difference on the wrists.

EDIT: Fixed

[alexisap]

I've found skull crushers, dips, and narrow grip bench to be best. One set I can hardly get through is alternating skull crushers and narrow grip press with no break: x5/x25, x4/x20, x3/x15, x2/x10, x1/x10. At first you think it's easy because you are doing so few skull crushers, but your muscles are on fire by the end.

[DivaJana]

The best thing ever is when you get a gray block neg. With a message saying Negged, *******!!!! I don't know whether to laugh or cry in embarrassment for them. So, I send them deeper into the red.

IMO a neg is a neg regardless to it's effect on the stupid green squares (a sign of objection or disrespect in certain cases), while a rep is sign of agreement or respect! again regardless to it's effect on the stupid green squares, also a grey repper could be right.

[Roidmonster55]

IMO a neg is a neg regardless to it's effect on the stupid green squares (a sign of objection or disrespect in certain cases), while a rep is sign of agreement or respect! again regardless to it's effect on the stupid green squares, also a grey repper could be right.

You're 100% right. It's the intent behind it that counts IMO. If someone gives me a gray rep I usually rep them back for their intentions, out of courtesy.

[magic15]

power rack lockouts, now rep me

[chazzy1864]

IMO a neg is a neg regardless to it's effect on the stupid green squares (a sign of objection or disrespect in certain cases), while a rep is sign of agreement or respect! again regardless to it's effect on the stupid green squares, also a grey repper could be right.

I just find it humorous when people put something about will rep in the title - trying to attract people into posting with the promise of improving their rep - when they have no rep to give.

[DivaJana]

I just find it humorous when people put something about will rep in the title - trying to attract people into posting with the promise of improving their rep - when they have no rep to give.

haha, yes me too! I actually noticed that posts with "will rep" regardless to the rep power of poster get some of the worst replies, from clueless guys battling to get "repped"

[FromSquare1]

If you need advice on tricep routines I would say Mil Press and Bench press will work your triceps nicely, just focus on them for now. To balance them get some deadlifts and squats in. Yep..

[k9pit]

In the not so distant past I thought CGBP was a waste of time, since I do pressing and dips for chest and presses for shoulders, but I've been playing with CGBP lately. They do hit the lateral head very effectively, but not the long head.

I've been doing Decline French Presses for the past year and they've really helped......my triceps have never lagged but these took them to the next level so to speak.

At this point my main arm day tricep routine (1x a week) is Decline French Press and CGBP. I think this is a very good combo.

But, if you wanna train them directly 2x a week:
Day 1 - Decline FP and Dips
Day 2 - CGBP and Overhead Cable Extensions (or DB Kickbacks)
..can be a good strategy as well.

[schneppy07]

Close grip bench and skull crushers.

[UOFLcards2011]

Skullcrushers, v bar pushdowns and of course close grip bench.

[Bkstyles]

Skullcrushers and dips