Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 07:44:09 -0400 From: "Shafley, Steven (SD)" Subject: RE: Strength_List: Tricep exercises > ---------- > From: JOSEPH E BROWN II[SMTP:JOSEPHBROWN2@fuse.net] > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 1999 4:50 PM > To: Strength > Subject: Strength_List: Tricep exercises > > Over on GoHeavy.com's Training Forum there is a description of a > tricep > exercises using an Incline Bench and DBs. Can anyone explain the > exercise > better than the descriptions there? > > Thanks > Joe > Lay on an incline bench. Take a dumbbell in each hand, and place then on your chest, aligned up and down (one end of the dumbbell is on your chest, the other end pointing up in the air). Your elbows are out to your sides. To execute the lift, raise the dumbbells using your triceps, but keep the lower part of the 'bells in contact at all times. As you extend your arms, the dumbbells are rotated from an up and down vertical alignment to an end to end hortizontal alignment. Think of it similar to a rope triceps pressdown, with the rotation of the hands from the top to the bottom. Steve Shafley From ShultzTE@oki10.med.navy.mil Thu Jul 22 20:42:37 1999 Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 12:01:01 +0900 From: Shultz Terry E To: "'griffin@u.washington.edu'" Subject: Forearm pain [ The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "us-ascii" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] The reason so many people have pain in their forearms while doing a biceps curl, is that the pronator muscle gets tight. You must start yourself off on a a strict, lightweight protocol initially and then slowly progress back up to your normal poundages. Start off by by placing your hand flat on a bench (fingers pointed posteriorly), extend the arm totally, and turn your body away fom your arm slowly. Hold this stretch for 20-30 seconds, and repeat 5 times 2-3 times daily. Also dod this before each set of curls. Eventually that pain should dissapate. Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:19:08 -0500 From: Roger Subject: Re: Strength_List: Scott Wood Bench Shirt ? At 08:10 AM 8/19/99 -0600, you wrote: >I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but my triceps are a very hard muscle to isolate. Skull crushers flair my tendonitis in my elbows. I usually perform decline close grip, paused bench presses, that are getting to the point of being stronger than my regular flat bench, as well as floor bench presses also paused, and press downs. Does anyone else have any good tricept power excercises that will help isolate the tricep. > >Scott > *****Close grip board presses with 3 boards really seem to nail my tris. Also I get a LOT out of reverse grip benchpresses. Roger Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:36:10 -0400 From: "Michael W. Brookman, Jr" Subject: Re: Strength_List: Scott Wood Bench Shirt ? Scott: I do a DB lying press. I either lay on the floor or a bench and bring the DBs down with the palms of the hands facing each other and when I get about halfway down I rotate back behind my head into an ext and press back up. I do 6x8 with these and rest 15 seconds between sets. THey are AWESOME! (Credit Chris Taylor with this idea) - Mike Brookman Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:20:07 -0400 From: "Michael W. Brookman, Jr" Subject: Re: Strength_List: Value of tri extension exercises in powerlifting Jan Baggerud Larsen, Systemutvikler 8366 wrote: > > I was wondering about the value of doing triceps extensions for > powerlifting. > Most people agree that leg extensions are relatively worthless for > increasing the squat. Why then would triceps extensions be good for > increasing the bench press? Because Triceps are critical to the bench while the "tear drop" on the quads are not as critical to the squat and will not determine whether or not you get the lift when in comparison with the back, hips, and glutes if you are squatting correctly. Triceps are critical to a big bench and lockout. Without them you will never finish the lift. Tric exts are great exercises, albight not the only way to get big and strong triceps. There are also cl. grip benches, JM Presses, and your heavy work from max effort bench day with a close grip. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Brookman Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 21:38:08 -0600 From: Bob Mann Subject: Re: Strength_List: Tate Triceps Press At 08:28 AM 11/2/99 -0600, Keith Hobman wrote: >Bob replied, >>> >>>Also, John demonstrated a triceps exercise he learnt from Dave Tate that >>>works very well for me. I get sore elbows and this exercise isolated the >>>triceps without causing much pain. Essentially it is a dumbbell extension, >>>but instead of bringing the dbs over your shoulders in the direction of >>>your height you bring them together on your chest. Very neat, specific >>>isolation exercise. What do you call it Dave? >>> >>Okay Keith. You piqued my interest. I need a better description though. >>Was this one DB or two? One in each hand? >>Sitting or lying down? >>In the direction of your what? Height? >> >Lie on the flat bench, dbs in hand in what essentially is a normal grip >bench press lock-out position. Instead of lowering the dbs in the direction >of your face you lower them towards each other. The exercise is complete >when the dumbbells are lying on your chest, the top of the plate is >actually on your chest and your fists are facing each other. Then press >back up to the start position. > Thanks Keith and John. I think I may have my two main tricep exercises now. :-) - -- Bob Mann http://members.home.net/bobmann