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Sore triceps from DB pullovers...
« on: August 21, 2006, 11:59:47 AM »
Does that mean I should skip my tricep workout for this week? Triceps are my favorite muscle to train!  :(
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Re: Sore triceps from DB pullovers...
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2006, 02:02:12 PM »
There's no reason you have to stick to the schedule exactly-wait till the soreness is gone then hit them.

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Re: Sore triceps from DB pullovers...
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2006, 02:18:10 PM »
That wouldn't be overtraining? I mean the 3 sets of DB pullovers feel like they've destroyed my tris! Even more than a direct 6 sets!
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Re: Sore triceps from DB pullovers...
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2006, 02:29:45 PM »
If you're only hitting them once a week it's not a big deal if you end up hitting the muscle 3-4 days apart, which is what most do when training each muscle twice a week. You might even find it shocks the muscles in a good way.

Those pullovers should be part of your triceps routine-also try something called a pullover & press as well as lying triceps extensions to behind the head.

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Re: Sore triceps from DB pullovers...
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2006, 02:38:29 PM »
I found this Schwarzenegger quote:

"The bent-arm pullover can be turned into a terrific chest exercise if you do the special version of it called the pullover and press. Take a medium-close grip on a barbell. At the end of each pullover rep, press the weight to arms' length. Continue until you've done 10 pullovers and 10 bench presses. After the last pullover, do as many bench presses as you can until your pecs are so gorged with blood that you can't do another rep. You won't believe the pump."

Rich Gaspari on tris:

"I then go to a more size exercise like pullover press. This is an old-timer exercise and you don't see it in the gym much because of all the new machines available. I usually use an e-z curl bar and load the weight. I grab it with a close grip and do a close grip bench press. After doing one rep on the way down with the weight on my chest I keep my elbows together and bring the weight over my head to stretch the triceps out. I then return the weight over my face and head back on my chest. That is one rep. It takes time to get the form but the exercise is great for putting mass on the triceps. I love it! I do 3-4 sets of 10-12 reps. It's an exercise that really pumps the triceps as well as stretches them!"

Sounds worth a try! When my tris recover I'll start my workout with the pullover & press. Thanks.
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