What a lot of newbies to bodybuilding don't know is that the upper arm is actually composed of 3 separate muscles, which are further divided into lower and upper regions, triceps make up the bulk of the upper hand, even moreso than the biceps do. In order to succeed in bodybuilding, isolating the specific muscle group areas and focusing on complete triceps development is required.
Developing the Triceps
For slow and heavy triceps gains, weighted dips are terrific tools. Two bench dips (dips between two parallel benches) are also extremely effective. The continuous tension and limited range of motion offered by weighted dips is very conducive to the growth of the triceps muscles. Even more effective than weighted dips are close-grip barbell presses, these are probably the single most superior movements for building powerful triceps , used extensively in the first couple of years, you can be guaranteed a strong triceps mass foundation.
Developing The Upper Triceps
One of the most popular upper triceps development techniques are cable press downs (in all their variations), though unfortunately, the popularity of cable press downs is also the main reason why A LOT of bodybuilders have Powerful upper triceps and weak lower ones. If you have weak upper triceps, add a couple more cable press downs to your workouts.
Another often forgotten way of isolating your upper biceps are Dumbell kickbacks.
Developing The Lower Triceps
Due to genetics, wrong training, or plain old laziness, the lower triceps is often the Achille's heel in the physique of a lot of bodybuilders, and they often need isolation movements when their development is slower, particularly when compared with other muscle groups. In order to fully exercise this hard-to-define region of the triceps head, weighted dips should be utilized. You need to focus on flexing your lower triceps region at the bottom of each movement, and extensive, slow repetitions in order to employ as many muscle groups as possible.
Just make sure that you develop all the muscle groups in your and focus on exercises that recruit as many up arm muscle groups muscle groups as possible, and you are well on your way to building massive upper arm muscles
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