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StevieD
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posted May 28, 2000 08:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for StevieD     Edit/Delete Message
I'm getting pretty bored with my tri workout and can never seem to get a routine which I really enjoy.

What do any of you lot do for tri's?

At the moment I'm doing =

Skull crushers (1 warm up and 2 sets)
Pushdowns (2)
French press (2)
Reverse grip single arm pulldowns (1).

I don't want to do dips because I feel like I'm overtraining my chest.

Just want to know your thoughts.

Cheers

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MrMuscle
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posted May 28, 2000 10:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
whats with the low sets??

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Griff
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posted May 28, 2000 10:44 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Griff   Click Here to Email Griff     Edit/Delete Message
???

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eagledude
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posted May 28, 2000 03:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for eagledude   Click Here to Email eagledude     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 68446686
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Close Grip Bench- 6to8 reps 1 set 4to6 2 sets

dips- 3 sets of as many as you can do

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Curious
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posted May 29, 2000 09:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Curious     Edit/Delete Message
Skull crushers-6,8,10,12 (burn each set with close grip presses.

Kickbacks- 8,8,8

Reverse grip one-hand pushdowns- 6,8,10

Pressdowns with rope 8,8,8 (last set burn out by working my way down the stack)

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StevieD
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posted May 30, 2000 05:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for StevieD     Edit/Delete Message
What's with the low sets? I'll tell you what. I've been in this game for years and have finally released that more is definietly not better. I have never ached so much sinced a lowered the sets and upped the intensity. What's the point in doing 15,12, 10,8 for each exercise? When your muscle is warmed up you only need to hit it once or twice per exercise. To quote Dorian Yates -if you can hit a nail into a piece of wood in one go, why hit it again?

Try reading some of Dorian Yates material and other modern bodybuilding stuff. The days of Arnie and doing 20 sets on everything are long gone.

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MrMuscle
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posted May 30, 2000 06:16 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
ive read all of Dorians books, and i know what u mean. but in my experience most people dont have nearly enough intensity to manage what he does in his training. and not to mention if you are drug free. i combine his training philosphy with arnolds, and to me, 3 set per exercise are what it takes.

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StevieD
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posted May 30, 2000 11:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for StevieD     Edit/Delete Message
I try to do 10-12 sets for a large muscle (e.g chest/back) and 6-8 for small muscles (tri/bi). To get to the desired number of sets I will begin with a couple of three sets (for the compound exercise) but only do one or two sets for the other 2 or 3 exercises. I find that people who do 4 sets on everthing are usually wasting energy on the first two sets.

I agree that I am no Dorian - so I do more sets than he recommends (that's why I usually do 2 sets rather than 1). Very few people can exhaust a muscle in only a few sets (Dorian reckons he can do his biceps in 10 mins) but doing 20 sets is equally as unconstructive.

Another thing. Your arms are worked when you do chest, shoulders and back so you have to be real careful that you don't overtrain them. I know some people who only train their arms once or twice a month because they receive so much stimulation when you are working other muscles.

Later

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MrMuscle
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posted May 30, 2000 11:21 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
yeah man, sounds like you got it down..
you would make an exellent workout partner. to bad there are none like you in my part of the world.

peace

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MrMuscle
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posted May 30, 2000 02:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
you should check out this page www.ast-ss.com and join the MAX-OT 12 week online training course..i just sign up myself..it looks to be right up your ally StevieD..

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MaxMuscle
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posted June 01, 2000 02:38 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MaxMuscle   Click Here to Email MaxMuscle     Edit/Delete Message
Why don't you train your triceps with your chest and your biceps with your back? Just a suggestion. That way you can do Dips without overtraining your chest. Here's a good split to work each body part once a week. Day 1- (Chest, Shoulders, Triceps); Day 2- Cardio
Day 3- (Quads, Hamstrings, Calves, Abs); Day 4- Cardio; Day 5- (Back, Traps, Biceps, Forearms); Day 6- Cardio or Rest; Day 7- Rest
Then Repeat.

Here's tricep routine.

Triceps Pressdowns 2 warm up sets. (It warms up the tissue around my elbows)

Skull Crushers 2 x 6-8
Dumbbell Overhead Extension 2 x 6-8

Parallel Bar Dips 2 x 10-12*
Dumbbell or Cable Kickbacks 2 x 10-12*

*these two exercises are supersetted.

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