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Title: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: TRIX on November 24, 2017, 11:56:11 PM
so many conflicting articles on the internet

lets say you work out at home, and dont have access to a lat/tricep machine to perform pushdowns, what free weight exercise targets best the lateral head?

or is it just a size/bodyfat issue?

(https://edc2.healthtap.com/ht-staging/user_answer/avatars/397714/large/open-uri20120910-24678-wu7r4.jpeg?1386558853)

weighted dips? close grip bench press elbows flared? lying down across the body dumbell extensions?
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: MAXX on November 25, 2017, 12:02:17 AM
Z bar skull crushers and heavy benches
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Henda on November 25, 2017, 02:07:44 AM
In addition to paused close grip bench, lying triceps ext (I prefer straight bar) lowering bar behind head rather than to forehead and lying dB ext one arm at a time again lowering behind head/shoulder.

Prefer pushdowns though
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Simple Simon on November 25, 2017, 02:10:26 AM
straighten your arm under tension and it will work the tricep, no exercises are going to effect one particular head any more than another.

Just pick an exercise you can feel stressing the triceps and that you enjoy doing it
I only do rope extension for triceps and the occasional machine dips
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: dj181 on November 25, 2017, 05:47:57 AM
straighten your arm under tension and it will work the tricep, no exercises are going to effect one particular head any more than another.

Just pick an exercise you can feel stressing the triceps and that you enjoy doing it
I only do rope extension for triceps and the occasional machine dips
Says the guy with shit

Had to get to 220 for his supposed 18 inch arm but i call bullshit on that claim


Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Irongrip400 on November 25, 2017, 05:52:04 AM
Wil await -aj-'s response
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Mr Anabolic on November 25, 2017, 05:55:24 AM
straighten your arm under tension and it will work the tricep, no exercises are going to effect one particular head any more than another.

Just pick an exercise you can feel stressing the triceps and that you enjoy doing it
I only do rope extension for triceps and the occasional machine dips

MRI analysis has proven that overhead extensions stress the long head more, while rope press downs stress more the lateral head.  

MRI has also revealed that regular bench presses do hardly anything for the long head... it's almost all lateral and medial heads.  
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Thin Lizzy on November 25, 2017, 06:35:48 AM
When in doubt go with the exercise that lets you use the most weight:

(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/55/12/82/5512827dfa4d3aaef399505bd1087c1f--best-weight-loss-exercises-exercise-weight-loss.jpg)
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: _aj_ on November 25, 2017, 07:01:12 AM
Wil await -aj-'s response

Nothing. There’s nothing you can do. Triceps will just break your heart.
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: dr.chimps on November 25, 2017, 07:07:03 AM
In addition to paused close grip bench, lying triceps ext (I prefer straight bar) lowering bar behind head rather than to forehead and lying dB ext one arm at a time again lowering behind head/shoulder.

Prefer pushdowns though
In time, your tendons will snap like circus tent ropes. Enjoy.
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: che on November 25, 2017, 07:13:07 AM
no exercises are going to effect one particular head any more than another.



Not true .

This exercise only get my long head/inner triceps , nothing else .

(https://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/exerciseImages/sequences/348/Male/l/348_1.jpg)
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: robcguns on November 25, 2017, 07:17:43 AM
Stick with ngb,skulls and overhead ext.All you will need and if tris don’t develop from those they prob won’t.
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: dj181 on November 25, 2017, 07:18:31 AM
Not true .

This exercise only get my long head/inner triceps , nothing else .

(https://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/exerciseImages/sequences/348/Male/l/348_1.jpg)

Hoe much weight are you hoisting on this exercise bro?
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: che on November 25, 2017, 07:23:50 AM
Hoe much weight are you hoisting on this exercise bro?
I don't do it because I only feel my inner tricep working .
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: che on November 25, 2017, 07:28:10 AM
I don't do it because I only feel my inner tricep working .

Maybe I don't know how to do that exercise
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Simple Simon on November 25, 2017, 07:40:24 AM
Not true .

This exercise only get my long head/inner triceps , nothing else .

(https://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/exerciseImages/sequences/348/Male/l/348_1.jpg)

and how is that any different than a rope extension?
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Simple Simon on November 25, 2017, 07:42:14 AM
Hoe much weight are you hoisting on this exercise bro?

Im beginning to think joon isnt this good of a troll and its really you who is so fucking pathetic.

why would it matter what anyone else is lifting in an exercise, it has no bearing on you at all.
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: che on November 25, 2017, 07:51:17 AM
and how is that any different than a rope extension?
I don't know , with rope extension my whole triceps gets pumped with kick backs only the inner part.
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Grape Ape on November 25, 2017, 07:53:21 AM
and how is that any different than a rope extension?

Well, for starters, no rope is used.
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: dj181 on November 25, 2017, 07:53:33 AM
Im beginning to think joon isnt this good of a troll and its really you who is so fucking pathetic.

why would it matter what anyone else is lifting in an exercise, it has no bearing on you at all.

I will look better than you in less than 6 months

That's a promise
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Simple Simon on November 25, 2017, 07:56:29 AM
I will look better than you in less than 6 months

That's a promise

In 6 months I will place in the top three in the Mr Britain, what will you be placing in?

Worlds stupidest twat isnt a real contest...
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Henda on November 25, 2017, 07:58:02 AM
In time, your tendons will snap like circus tent ropes. Enjoy.

Everyone’s built differently,you can’t assume that will happen to every single person who performs that excercise, to me the straight bar feels more natural and have never had any issues from it
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Thin Lizzy on November 25, 2017, 07:58:05 AM
I don't know , with rope extension my whole triceps gets pumped with kick backs only the inner part.

The long-head originates from the scapula and as a result part of the function of the muscle is to bring the elbow up and back. So, kickbacks are a good exercise for this. However, the poor leverage of the move allows for very little weight to be used. I believe the rope extensions are superior as you can load up a bit.

(http://seannal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tricep-long-head-anatomy.jpg)

My apologies to getbig for talking about training.
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Simple Simon on November 25, 2017, 07:58:53 AM
The long-head originates from the scapula and as a result part of the function of the muscle is to bring the elbow up and back. So, kickbacks are a good exercise for this. However, the poor leverage of the move allows for very little weight to be used. I believe the rope extensions are superior as you can load up a bit.

(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/55/12/82/5512827dfa4d3aaef399505bd1087c1f--best-weight-loss-exercises-exercise-weight-loss.jpg)

My apologies to getbig for talking about training.

dont worry, no one understands it anyway...
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: che on November 25, 2017, 08:02:56 AM
The long-head originates from the scapula and as a result part of the function of the muscle is to bring the elbow up and back. So, kickbacks are a good exercise for this. However, the poor leverage of the move allows for very little weight to be used. I believe the rope extensions are superior as you can load up a bit.

(http://seannal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tricep-long-head-anatomy.jpg)

My apologies to getbig for talking about training.

According to Be There it's all the same
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Thin Lizzy on November 25, 2017, 08:11:12 AM
According to Be There it's all the same

It essentially is but if you want to get reeeeaaaally technical…

Personally, I’ve been at it too long to obsess about each individual head of my triceps. I just do one basic exercise and move on with life.
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Simple Simon on November 25, 2017, 08:11:15 AM
According to Be There it's all the same

if you are going to get good triceps you will get them regardless of what excercises you do, if you have shit triceps genetics then no exercises are going to help you

stop trying to make it complicated...
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Zillotch on November 25, 2017, 08:12:38 AM
Nothing. There’s nothing you can do. Triceps will just break your heart.

the narcissist is correct... its completely genetic. pushups r effective.... if ur not genetically defective.
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: funk51 on November 25, 2017, 08:12:43 AM
couple sets of each
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Zillotch on November 25, 2017, 08:15:24 AM
if you are going to get good triceps you will get them regardless of what excercises you do, if you have shit triceps genetics then no exercises are going to help you

right... if u've got tri's... then your arms will look better with no training at all... than a dude with shit genetics who lifts weights and takes steroids. lol
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: che on November 25, 2017, 08:16:01 AM
if you are going to get good triceps you will get them regardless of what excercises you do, if you have shit triceps genetics then no exercises are going to help you

stop trying to make it complicated...

This is not what I'm discussing here


This is

''no exercises are going to effect one particular head any more than another.''
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Simple Simon on November 25, 2017, 08:17:57 AM
right... if u've got tri's... then your arms will look better with no training at all... than a dude with shit genetics who lifts weights and takes steroids. lol

there are twin brothers who train at my gym, both are in good nick with decent size, they have no tricep development at all, the back of the arm is totally straight, nothing they do will ever get them triceps

I do maybe 12 sets a week for triceps and mine are fine.
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Zillotch on November 25, 2017, 08:19:38 AM
thats what a lot of guys do not understand – steroids and weight training will not turn u into bob Paris – nothing will. u just suk. Lol
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: dj181 on November 25, 2017, 08:36:25 AM
there are twin brothers who train at my gym, both are in good nick with decent size, they have no tricep development at all, the back of the arm is totally straight, nothing they do will ever get them triceps

I do maybe 12 sets a week for triceps and mine are fine.

Are they a-rabs? They have shitass tri genetic
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Simple Simon on November 25, 2017, 08:39:18 AM
Are they a-rabs? They have shitass tri genetic

you an arab?
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Eric2 on November 25, 2017, 08:41:27 AM
Any movement you can use the most weight on. For me I treated loose form skull crushers and close grip bench as though they where lifts at a power meet. I would record my poundage and reps for both of these and strive to use heavier weights each and every week. I was able to loose form skull crush #205 for 3x8 and strict form close bench #315 3x5. My triceps where thick full and cut from shoulder all the way down to the elbow.
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Simple Simon on November 25, 2017, 09:02:07 AM
Any movement you can use the most weight on.

No, its any movement that you scan stress the muscle the best

Muscles dont know weight, they only know intensity.
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: funk51 on November 25, 2017, 09:02:24 AM
two ways of doing kick backs. ;D
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Zillotch on November 25, 2017, 09:09:27 AM
Muscles dont know weight, they only know intensity.

tendons sure do seem to recognize weight.... by ripping from the bone... thats their way of calling u an asshole.

just ask any tard 'power' lifter, lol
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: myosaurus on November 25, 2017, 09:48:52 AM
couple sets of each

yes those close grip press with cambered bar is very under rated i dont know why more people arent doing it... and look at those arms on Larry and freddy, unreal....

overhead press will stimulate mainly lateral and medial head of triceps. doing them with strong lockout and doing them heavy will definitely stimulate them. also bench dips really squeezing them hard will work well.
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: SF1900 on November 25, 2017, 09:51:48 AM
It's so odd that the tricep is shaped liked that. Just think how much bigger our arms could be if the center of the tricep was also filled with muscle.

But, that is how God made our triceps, so it is what it is.
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: funk51 on November 25, 2017, 02:33:08 PM
 :o
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: funk51 on November 25, 2017, 02:34:19 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Eric2 on November 25, 2017, 02:41:38 PM
No, its any movement that you scan stress the muscle the best

Muscles dont know weight, they only know intensity.

No, you are incorrect. Intensity can be brought on by number of sets, number of reps, the speed of the reps and, the weight used. One can induce intensity using any one of these or all of them.
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: Simple Simon on November 25, 2017, 02:45:21 PM
No, you are incorrect. Intensity can be brought on by number of sets, number of reps, the speed of the reps and, the weight used. One can induce intensity using any one of these or all of them.
and using heavy weights opens you up to injury.

go for it , let your ego ruin your physique.
Title: Re: best free weight exercise for tricep lateral/head?
Post by: ratherbebig on November 25, 2017, 02:56:46 PM
get a tricep bar