Biceps way bigger than triceps

[jmanziel2]

For the longest time now my biceps have been bigger than my triceps and when I workout I feel it a lot more in my biceps. For triceps I used to use all cables but from the lack of size I switch to free weights (skull crushers, weighted dips etc) and have noticed some more development but still does not seem like enough. Any tips for mass? Anything I could be doing wrong doing wrong?

[KillerB84]

Close-Grip Bench press. I also really like Rolling Dumbbell extensions.

[Curlers]

always had the same problem. Perhaps were lucky genetically with the biceps growing but not so much with the triceps.

just keep on doing your compounds; Bench press, Overhead Press, Weighted Dips. and do some extra isolation work at the end and see how you fare.

[mtownballer20]

It may not look like they're that big because they don't have a peak like biceps do. But hit them hard with cgbp, overhead extensions.

[TJP33]

I found triceps more difficult to engage when I started out- the motion would be generated from other muscles and less stimulus would be applied to my triceps- Look closely at your form, it may also be a good idea to back down the weight- remember its not as much weight as you can do, its as much weight as the muscle can do.. Its not uncommon to see someone in the gym doing tri ext but generating the push down with shoulders/chest, pulling with their back, or crunching the weight down with their abs.. keep the focus on tri.

[Hundley52]

I found triceps more difficult to engage when I started out- the motion would be generated from other muscles and less stimulus would be applied to my triceps- Look closely at your form, it may also be a good idea to back down the weight- remember its not as much weight as you can do, its as much weight as the muscle can do.. Its not uncommon to see someone in the gym doing tri ext but generating the push down with shoulders/chest, pulling with their back, or crunching the weight down with their abs.. keep the focus on tri.

+1 here

[TheMadPhysicist]

This. Well put!

I found triceps more difficult to engage when I started out- the motion would be generated from other muscles and less stimulus would be applied to my triceps- Look closely at your form, it may also be a good idea to back down the weight- remember its not as much weight as you can do, its as much weight as the muscle can do.. Its not uncommon to see someone in the gym doing tri ext but generating the push down with shoulders/chest, pulling with their back, or crunching the weight down with their abs.. keep the focus on tri.

[jmanziel2]

I found triceps more difficult to engage when I started out- the motion would be generated from other muscles and less stimulus would be applied to my triceps- Look closely at your form, it may also be a good idea to back down the weight- remember its not as much weight as you can do, its as much weight as the muscle can do.. Its not uncommon to see someone in the gym doing tri ext but generating the push down with shoulders/chest, pulling with their back, or crunching the weight down with their abs.. keep the focus on tri.

Ya I like to keep my rep range high for arms as I feel it is way more effective but thanks for the help I'll pay more attention to form. But if I want more mass will lower weights with a rep range of 10-12 still help me achieve the size I want in my tris

[Hundley52]

Ya I like to keep my rep range high for arms as I feel it is way more effective but thanks for the help I'll pay more attention to form. But if I want more mass will lower weights with a rep range of 10-12 still help me achieve the size I want in my tris

Yes, arms respond better to higher rep count than higher weights with lower reps. With arms, it's all about full extension and full flexation.

[SlipshodDread]

If your profile pic is you, then you would need much bigger arms to determine that your bicep was "way bigger". The tricep doesn't have a peak like the bicep and so it becomes much harder to determine its size. Since it is 2/3 of your arm size, even a small tricep would be as big as the bicep itself.

[umichgrad07]

stop doing biceps, start doing triceps.

[jmanziel2]

If your profile pic is you, then you would need much bigger arms to determine that your bicep was "way bigger". The tricep doesn't have a peak like the bicep and so it becomes much harder to determine its size. Since it is 2/3 of your arm size, even a small tricep would be as big as the bicep itself.

That's only my peak r tard pretty sure I can determine if it's bigger or not

[davisj3537]

That's only my peak r tard pretty sure I can determine if it's bigger or not

Clearly you can't. Your biceps aren't bigger than your triceps.

Check out an anatomy book before telling people older and wiser than you that they are wrong.

[SlipshodDread]

That's only my peak r tard pretty sure I can determine if it's bigger or not

Sorry my knowledge of arm development is not sufficient to aid your 11 inch cannons. Evidently you know much better than me, and so should not need to post a topic about how your huge biceps are so much bigger than your triceps.