Friday, July 31, 2009

Body Building Workouts & Routines, Triceps

By Ricardo d Argence

Our arms are composed of a number of different types of muscles. Among these muscle types, it is the triceps that are always used with arm movements. As the name implies, triceps are comprised with three main muscles.

By having strong triceps, one is able to lift heavy loads but apart from this, large triceps are also closely associated with having big powerful arms and that is why so many people bench presses, military presses, and other forms of exercises designed for developing strong triceps.

In addition to looking good and been strong, powerful triceps are essential with regards to developing strong arms. Essentially, this is because the muscles occupy approximately 2/3 of the length of the arm. Because of this, it's not really possible for one to develop one's arms without first developing powerful triceps. Of course, if you want well developed arms hop which are in the right proportion, then you'll also need to develop your biceps.

Simple triceps work out include push ups, dumbbell exercises and rope pull downs. Before doing any of these, remember to have a proper warm up. Warming up is crucial to ensuring great exercise results. It basically prepares the body to the physical demands of doing certain exercises, which minimizes the chance of injuries.

Doing simple push up is the classic triceps exercise. It is the simplest and most effective in toning up the muscle. Using dumbbells for load or increased body resistance helps in intensifying any form of triceps exercise.

If you to want to tone your muscles, then simply go ahead and substitute the rope pull down machine with a dumbbell. The dumbbell should then be held in both hands in a position behind your head. Go ahead and begin pulling the dumbbell downwards and upwards gently so that you can feel your triceps flexing.

In the gym, triceps toning exercises begin with rope pull down machines. The machine exercises the triceps by allowing you to do similar exercises as those done with the dumb bell. Remember to maintain proper posture in doing these exercises to ensure correct execution. Exercises are all for quality of movements and not the number of reps.

Advanced triceps exercises are usually designed to improve the mass and stretch of the upper and lower triceps. For mass, heavy weights such as the close-grip barbell bench and weighted dips may be used.

For building upper triceps, doing dips and cable pressdown exercises will be helpful. For building lower triceps, weighted dips and dips was found to be effective. For great results, it is important to maintain proper posture.

When building up triceps, better result are usually achieved when a person train while he is fresh. Usually, it is harder to build bigger triceps. According to the priority principle of body building, targeting first the-hard-to-workout muscles is the key to achieving well-proportioned body building results.

Diet, nutrition and rest are of equal importance to doing the exercises when it comes to strengthening the triceps. One must maintain proper nourishment to have the energy to go on with the demanding exercises. Exercise and nutrition is like science and fitness working together in achieving ideal results.

One of the most important things to remember, is that proper weight training program will not only revolve around exercise, but it will also focus on diet and a suitable amount of rest in order to achieve the best possible long term results.

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