Tricep Mass/Strength

[sean4104]

Whatsup...

6'4 200lbs...my max bench now is 250...doin 230 for 6 reps, 3 sets...feel like ive hit a plateau though.

when i do pulldowns i never feel like its totally isolating the tricep. anyone have any tricep isolation exercises that really kick ass? would be mad appreciative. or any exercises in general that anyone has felt directly bumped their bench press strength.

[Paul Vitti]

skulls and closegrip pushups(with a weight on your back) ask for a spot

[youi09]

db extensions

[Leeman]

U can try single arm tricep pulldowns, but i like to do heavy CG bench presses to build my triceps up.

[$AJ]

-pressdowns suck if you're trying to build any form of tricep strength

stick with

- close-grip/reverse-grip/floor pressing type motions
-extensions
-dips

[Steveo31]

I'm a fan of CG ez bar bench... bar should always be perpendicular with the upper part of your abs. Reverse grip also works well for me.

[GGHT]

Floor pressing is the bomb for tri mass/strength. 1 sec pause at bottom and your away.

[DiamondDelts]

-pressdowns suck if you're trying to build any form of tricep strength

stick with

- close-grip/reverse-grip/floor pressing type motions
-extensions
-dips

Come on Aj, there is nothing wrong with pressdowns for tri's. My late friend josh loved them and he had 19 3/4" arms at a body weight of 224.

[DiamondDelts]

skulls and closegrip pushups(with a weight on your back) ask for a spot

I agree weighted close grip pushups using pushup bars are excellent for mass and strength in the tri's.

[DiamondDelts]

Floor pressing is the bomb for tri mass/strength. 1 sec pause at bottom and your away.

Yep. I do mine on the floor with safety stands. My tri's have always responded better to partial rep movements.

[DiamondDelts]

I'm a fan of CG ez bar bench... bar should always be perpendicular with the upper part of your abs. Reverse grip also works well for me.

I love using the ez bar for close grip bench, but I have found that my tri's respond better when I bring the bar to my chin, rather than to my midsection.

[bradp]

Come on Aj, there is nothing wrong with pressdowns for tri's. My late friend josh loved them and he had 19 3/4" arms at a body weight of 224.

He said for strength, sounds to me like you're talking about mass. Anyway, I think the best bench booster, is close grip bench, and I pause for 1-2 seconds at the bottom for football

[.aeterna]

pressdowns rule for building mass.... i get a huge pump everytime..

[bradp]

I love using the ez bar for close grip bench, but I have found that my tri's respond better when I bring the bar to my chin, rather than to my midsection.

thats weird, sounds like youd be using a ton of delt, but if it works, keep it up

[HoboWithaRolex]

to your chin? thats basically a skull crusher

[DiamondDelts]

to your chin? thats basically a skull crusher

Nah, not really. The lift I do is a hybrid between skull crusher and close grip press.

[fuzzwazser]

Nah, not really. The lift I do is a hybrid between skull crusher and close grip press.

sounds like your doing JM presses then. A great lift I use very often.

[bradp]

ive never touched the bar to my chin on a jm press

[fuzzwazser]

ive never touched the bar to my chin on a jm press

Me neither but its still the same movement. I like doing mine off boards actually

[GGHT]

Fuzz waser you ever do narrow grip floor pressing? This is my favourite tri mass/strength builder. I tried rack-lockouts but wasn't blown away to be honest.

[2pounds]

weighted dips

[bradp]

Me neither but its still the same movement. I like doing mine off boards actually

Really? Boards for jm press, interesting, why is that. what are the boards helping you achieve fuzz?

[fuzzwazser]

Fuzz waser you ever do narrow grip floor pressing? This is my favourite tri mass/strength builder. I tried rack-lockouts but wasn't blown away to be honest.

yeah. I do a lot of floor pressing. I always train with a narrow grip too. I never do rack lockouts. Waste of time in my opinon. Try doing floor pressing with dumbells too. Thats one of my current favs

[DiamondDelts]

Fuzz waser you ever do narrow grip floor pressing? This is my favourite tri mass/strength builder. I tried rack-lockouts but wasn't blown away to be honest.

Yep, narrow grip floor pressing is the best exercise for purely beefing up the tri's that I know of.

[GGHT]

Yep, narrow grip floor pressing is the best exercise for purely beefing up the tri's that I know of.

I was doing those and heavy overhead dumbell extensions and reverse pulldowns a while back and my tri's were the biggest they've been. Then for some mad reason I decided to switch around.

[DiamondDelts]

I was doing those and heavy overhead dumbell extensions and reverse pulldowns a while back and my tri's were the biggest they've been. Then for some mad reason I decided to switch around.

Yeah, I messed up and did that too for a short time. And my tri's did lose some overall mass. Now that I have thrown them back into the mix with Atrainers behind the back pulldowns and reverse grip skullcrushers, my tri's are back to looking 100% swole again.

[ATrainer]

-pressdowns suck if you're trying to build any form of tricep strength

HUH! I built up to 130 lb (net weight, not a crossover stack) cable extensions. Now remember, mine are positioned so you are at the worst leverage disadvantage at full extension, not like traditional ones where you can hold the full extension forever because the weight has disappeared. I'd say that is a large amount of strength.