Should biceps and triceps be equal in strenght?

[Kataklysm]

When I do curls, I can easily do 3x8 at 30 pounds or so (hey, I'm still a noob) but when I do triceps extensions I can barely do 2x5 with 10-15 pounds...Is that ok? Should I stop working my biceps and focus on triceps for awhile?

[chrisso]

im pretty sure triceps should be stronger as there a bigger muscle and make up a higher percentage of your arm, so focus on them a little more maybe.

[Tyciol]

Katak I have EXACTLY the same problem. It sucks being able to do chinups and not a single pullup... pullup is palms away and chinup is palms in right? Bleh whatever.

[Kataklysm]

All right, thanks. I'll raise the intensity of my triceps exercises and lower it for my bicep ones, until they are equal in strength (or remotely close).

[Kataklysm]

Katak I have EXACTLY the same problem. It sucks being able to do chinups and not a single pullup... pullup is palms away and chinup is palms in right? Bleh whatever.

I don't have a bar so I don't do either. :-/

Just a BB, bench, and some DBs.

[strongwhit]

i have that problem but with my delts

[marcFE]

Triceps should be stronger then biceps by far because they are about 2x bigger then biceps.

And also triceps are much more useful then biceps (acctually biceps are a useless muscle in all reality lol, they just stabalize and pull a tiny bit on pullups)

[Kataklysm]

Triceps should be stronger then biceps by far because they are about 2x bigger then biceps.

And also triceps are much more useful then biceps (acctually biceps are a useless muscle in all reality lol, they just stabalize and pull a tiny bit on pullups)

but they r t3h hawt!

jk...I'll start wokring my triceps harder, and my biceps a little easier.

[MindBlowin]

Tris should be much stronger of course. They make up 2/3 of your total arm mass i believe.

[armz_ha]

When I do curls, I can easily do 3x8 at 30 pounds or so (hey, I'm still a noob) but when I do triceps extensions I can barely do 2x5 with 10-15 pounds...Is that ok? Should I stop working my biceps and focus on triceps for awhile?

my triceps and biceps are pretty equal in strength- that makes supersets so great....

[awds]

my biceps are alot stronger, but my tri's are bigger.

[Quality]

I would work the Tri's the a little harder but keep the bi's the same, don't decrease your workout....eventually they will catch up

[kobe19]

my triceps are a lot stronger than my biceps

[AzBadass]

Triceps > biceps.

[Corbin]

Triceps should be stronger then biceps by far because they are about 2x bigger then biceps.

And also triceps are much more useful then biceps (acctually biceps are a useless muscle in all reality lol, they just stabalize and pull a tiny bit on pullups)

I gotta disagree about usefullness. My biceps are by far stronger than my triceps, (obviously I'm not proud, but they just get worked alot more doing every day things.)

When you pick up anything heavy what do you use? Bicep instead of tricep of course.

I can curl 45's for about 6-8 reps, but when I lie on back with dumbells and do tricep extensions I can only do like 25ish. I know I really need to work on my triceps, but the reason they are weaker is simply becasue I hardly use them except when I work chest and triceps directly.

One more thing, lat pull downs. Even when you grip with thumbs over(like youre supposed to) your biceps still get worked crazy. My back isn't terribly strong but my biceps make up for it.

[mischiev]

hmmm yea pull ups are palms facing away from you, chinups the other way round (towards). the triceps muscle makes up for 2/3 of your arm size, that's true, that's why guys with big arms actually have both big triceps and big biceps, just big biceps alone is just yuck. if you're worried about strength i won't be worried it mainly depends on your lifestyle and what you do everyday. like someone earlier mentioned, if you use your biceps everyday a lot, definitely they'd be stronger. anyhow size isn't a measure of strength, always remember that. but if you're looking for a nice looking arm ,definitely your triceps should overshadow your biceps, not the other way round.

and about lat pulldowns, definitely you use your biceps, but it shouldn't get a stronger workout than your lats, if that happens, try to focus more on your lats than pulling the bar down. quality, not quantity.

[nk_84]

When I do curls, I can easily do 3x8 at 30 pounds or so (hey, I'm still a noob) but when I do triceps extensions I can barely do 2x5 with 10-15 pounds...Is that ok? Should I stop working my biceps and focus on triceps for awhile?

Triceps should be stronger, they're a bigger muscle and can take more intensity then the biceps. Doesn't take much to overtrain neither.

[marcFE]

I gotta disagree about usefullness. My biceps are by far stronger than my triceps, (obviously I'm not proud, but they just get worked alot more doing every day things.)

When you pick up anything heavy what do you use? Bicep instead of tricep of course.

I can curl 45's for about 6-8 reps, but when I lie on back with dumbells and do tricep extensions I can only do like 25ish. I know I really need to work on my triceps, but the reason they are weaker is simply becasue I hardly use them except when I work chest and triceps directly.

One more thing, lat pull downs. Even when you grip with thumbs over(like youre supposed to) your biceps still get worked crazy. My back isn't terribly strong but my biceps make up for it.

I know what your getting at here but ... Lat pull down is a lat exercise not bicep exercise in all reality the weaker the biceps the better it is on lat pulldown :P

Also, biceps are almost always a stabalizer more so then a lifting muscle, for example when you deadlift the biceps may get hit a bit but not really from contracting they just stabalize the entire weight but the weights so great that it can really feel like a workout on biceps ;p

There really aren't many movements where you pull something to your body as opposed to pushing away (only because gravity makes alot of pulling movements easy so you do the pushing part only