triceps mass builders?

[ironhardempress]

I have a gimpy shoulder right now so cant do close-grip bench press. Skull-crushers I can do but gotta stay kinda light or my elbow gives me some grief. what are y'all favourite mass-builders for tris? Thanks in advance

 

[Jada]

Hi in your case i say cable push down then reverse using the ez curl bar attached to it, what i also like to do is lay down on a flat bench with a dumbbell and do a kick back while bringing the dumbbell down towards my chest and then squeeze on the back up. If i were u i would focus more on the negative part when coming down holding for 3 sec at the bottom then squeeze on top. For the last set do a drop set with 2 other dumbbells and go all out.

 

[BiologicalChemist]

Weighted Dipps or dipps in general...like jada said tricep push downs are a staple to tri's..you can easily go heavy on these with good form...use different grip handles, ropes etc...dumbell kick-backs but I'm not a fan and never do these.

 

[saltylifter]

I'm in the same boat.
I stick to machines right now which allows me to keep allot of pressure off the shoulder.
My pain is in the front shoulder area.

I work through the pain.

 

[ECKSRATED]

V handle push downs made my triceps blow up when in first started training. Pyramid style like 8 sets up to a heavy set of 5 to 7 reps. Then a drop set. Used to start every arm day with that. Made them strong too. And don't be affriad to lean into the weight a little once u get into the heavy stuff. Just make sure you're still using just triceps to move it.

Also single arm push downs. Same thing. High reps and heavy sets of low reps. Tris are easy to target and should respond well if you're hitting them hard enough.

 

[Rip]

Dips, close-grip bench, Lying Tricep Extensions(skull crusher), Seated Tricep Extensions (above the head for the Long Head).

 

[LeanHerm]

V handle push downs made my triceps blow up when in first started training. Pyramid style like 8 sets up to a heavy set of 5 to 7 reps. Then a drop set. Used to start every arm day with that. Made them strong too. And don't be affriad to lean into the weight a little once u get into the heavy stuff. Just make sure you're still using just triceps to move it.

Also single arm push downs. Same thing. High reps and heavy sets of low reps. Tris are easy to target and should respond well if you're hitting them hard enough.

I call Bullshit, what made your triceps blow up is the fact you bench 500. I rest my case.

 

[LeanHerm]

My arms were super ghey and tiny, what made them actually grow was when I started doing for presses. Them bitches started to get ripped. Mix those with some dips and boom.

 

[Uncle manny]

Push downs, over head cable extensions if you can

 

[PillarofBalance]

Dips jm press tate press floor press board press pin press

If you do kickbacks for triceps kill yourself

 

[DieYoungStrong]

Leave it to Jada to be doing tricep kickbacks.

You wear a Jane Fonda leotard and use pink dumbbells when you do them?

 

[ironhardempress]

I'm in the same boat.
I stick to machines right now which allows me to keep allot of pressure off the shoulder.
My pain is in the front shoulder area.

I work through the pain.

I'm trying to rehab my shoulder at home right now. I found a really good set of rehab strengthening and stretching exercises online. http://orthoinfo.org/PDFs/Rehab_Shoulder_5.pdf

 

[ironhardempress]

never been a fan of kick backs. THey never seemed to do anything for me

 

[ironhardempress]

It is my understanding that cable work (which I do a lot since i've had this shoulder/elbow issue) is more for definition and not so much mass. True? No?

 

[Tren4Life]

Close dips work your tris hard. They are a staple for me, along with floor presses for strength and they will grow.

 

[snake]

Try this; light weight rope push downs but at the bottom of the movement, separate the rope and contract the tricep. Just use light weight, the payoff is in that contraction. If you do it right, you'll know it because you'll feel like you just gave yourself a tricep charlie horse.

 

[Bro Bundy]

supersets and dropsets get them sore for me

 

[Seeker]

If we're talking about mass buildup then you go for the exercises that build massive triceps. You can't do close grip presses because of your shoulder which is too bad because close grip, floor presses, pin presses are the best. So you should do variations of push downs using ropes, and different bars. Heavy sets. Not sure how dips would be on your shoulder. You can also try reverse behind the neck cable pulls. Heavy.

 

[Rip]

Seated Overhead Tricep extensions with an EZ Curl bar really helped develop my long head to complete the horseshoe.

Dips, close-grip bench, Lying Tricep Extensions(skull crusher), Seated Tricep Extensions (above the head for the Long Head).

 

[MrRippedZilla]

It is my understanding that cable work (which I do a lot since i've had this shoulder/elbow issue) is more for definition and not so much mass. True? No?

False - mass is built in the gym, definition comes from the kitchen