TRICEP TIPS

[CHAPS]

Close grip dumbbell press and skull crushers off the floor are awesome, also try playing with the angle of the bench for the close grip dumbbell press if using a bench. Getting rid of momentum and your body's stretch reflex is what makes the close grip floor press/skull crusher so effective. If your feeling elbow pain with skullcrushers you could try varying the angle your doing them at or bring the bar/ dumbbells behind your head instead of to your forehead. Just my 2cents, great thread.

 

[medici999]

AT TP SAID, FIND A ELBOW PLACEMENT THAT DOES NOT HURT YOU........ELBOW PLACEMENT HAS LITTLE EFFECT HERE, AS LONG AS FISTS COME TOWARDS ARMPITS, THEN PRESS BACK OUT, YOUR TRICEPS ARE BEING WORKED. THE KEY IS TO WORK THEM PAIN FREE/INJURY FREE.

wont this be working your chest also?

 

[myosin]

Yes and no...

wont this be working your chest also?

If you keep your elbows "in" the entire time, the chest works more as a stabilizer b/c the humerus is kept in the same position the entire time... only when the humerus goes away and towards the body is the chest actually being "worked"... if anything, your front deltoids will be worked along with triceps.

 

[SL1CED]

This is how I started doing them yesterday. With such long arms it's much more helpful.

5'10 with a 6'5 wingspan, so benching is a bitch. I did it at about 4 inches above my chest, shoulder-width. I don't understand though what the "lockout" position is. At the bottom(where the bar is 4 inches) or at the top when my arm is fully extended?

How would you recommend the form on dips? Not going down all the way or what?

 

[Natural1]

good read

 

[medici999]

Is this how you do the dumbell presses?

 

[qbkilla]

good thread i found doing a search ^

 

[Nssca]

Bump N this back up ...good read Phil

 

[bigL75]

Thanks Phil for the advice. im gonna try it out thanks again

 

[pyramid74]

floor dumbell presses also helps my lockout on benchpress

 

[Equalizer]

Must look something like this: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK-jaXQYIsA]DeFrancosTraining.com - Dumbell floor press - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Stayinfit]

I believe that's it. Good example. It looks like he is on one of those step platforms but still just as effective I'm sure.