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Parker

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Chest Press Machine as a Triceps Exercise.
« on: November 10, 2011, 10:04:34 PM »
I just for back from the gym, and I had decided to use the Chest Press Machine as a triceps only exercise.
The handles are angled down, so I inverted my hands---knuckles facing one another, so that it would strictly hit the tris. And then I repped away. It felt good, and hits the lateral heads, especially the outside head.

*I thought about this a few days ago since the gym has no seated  dip machine, which I do like to use

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Re: Chest Press Machine as a Triceps Exercise.
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2011, 08:28:33 AM »
I just for back from the gym, and I had decided to use the Chest Press Machine as a triceps only exercise.
The handles are angled down, so I inverted my hands---knuckles facing one another, so that it would strictly hit the tris. And then I repped away. It felt good, and hits the lateral heads, especially the outside head.

*I thought about this a few days ago since the gym has no seated  dip machine, which I do like to use
get a 2 by 4 board place across handles and press away.
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Re: Chest Press Machine as a Triceps Exercise.
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2011, 09:49:04 AM »
get a 2 by 4 board place across handles and press away.
Yep, that'll work...the handles on this machine curve down and inward---I put my hands on the downward part---hands facing inwards, thus hitting the triceps.

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Re: Chest Press Machine as a Triceps Exercise.
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2011, 11:41:47 AM »
yeh, i used to do the exact same thing when we had the old style chest press in the gym, just you could jam an ez bar across... felt great