Tricep exercises

[trinidad]

Which 3 exercises do you think work the 3 heads of the triceps the best? I'd like to concentrate more on them to get my arm size up. It seems that I can usually feel the burn either in the large inner head or the small one nearer the elbow, but not too much for the outer head that gives the nice horseshoe shape. Thanks!
Right now they're 18 in. measured flexed and cold but I gotta shoot for 20's!

 

[Metal Gear]

what works the outside head is reverse grip tricep extensions.

 

[gsxr1000]

My 3 favs are skullcrushers, rope pulldowns, and not until somewhat recently have I started doing close grip bench presses, if you focus on using the triceps more and your chest less, wow, nice pump.

 

[SofaGeorge]

The three best triceps exercises are:

Skull crushers aka French curls
Dips
Close grip bench press

Everything else is secondary.

 

[CN1]

well some guys have to work their arms from every angle to gain real size. The three basics mentioned above are great to start your workout, but there are others that used in conjunction with others works well.

three basics I like:
skull-krushers
tricep close-grip bench
reverse tricep close grip bench

others:
cable pushdowns
one arm behind the head dumbell tricep extension
one arm reverse grip cable pulldown
lying dumbell tricep extension
anlged close grip cable pushdowns
dumbbell kickbacks
behind the head barbell tricep extension
behind the head dumbbell tricep extension
rope extensions
dips

the top three with about 4 from the lower section will give you great results on the tricep region.

 

[jc21]

ok you guys really arent gonna like this answer but from a physioligical stand point no one exercises really works any head better than any other. think about it.....your arm is gonna move the way it wants to, there is nothing you can do about it. each individual head will grow with its genetic potential. all you are gonna do is screw up the overall tricep development or other bodypart by doing weird exercises to hit certain heads.

what you should work on is finding what amount of sets and reps works best for each body part. i find that doing 8-10 reps with about 45 seconds in between each sets works best for my triceps

 

[Juicy-R6]

My 3 favs are skullcrushers, rope pulldowns, and not until somewhat recently have I started doing close grip bench presses, if you focus on using the triceps more and your chest less, wow, nice pump.

i feel the same way...i used to hate close grips. but i started to focus on on the tris and wow what a pump...

 

[SofaGeorge]

i feel the same way...i used to hate close grips. but i started to focus on on the tris and wow what a pump...

Ditto. Close grips are a great triceps mass builder... yet oddly enough most people don't do them.

 

[Juicy-R6]

yeah same thing happens with deads and cleans - great mass building exercises but u don't see many people doing them...

 

[Metal Gear]

i feel the same way...i used to hate close grips. but i started to focus on on the tris and wow what a pump...

Actually just by changing the position of your elbows you can change the focus of what muscle you work. If you keep your elbows to your side when you bring the bar down then it works more of your tris, if you do them with your elbows out then more chest is involved., Same with dips.