![]() The lateral head: This makes up the outer side of the back of the arm, and is the most visible, providing the back of the upper arm with width. The best exercises to target this muscle are those involving a full range of contraction with the arms overhead, such as overhead extensions and skullcrushers. The long head: Running from the shoulder blade down the length of the humerus, this is responsible for the majority of the size of the triceps. The triceps comprise three heads, each of which plays a different role in pressing movements and supporting the shoulders and elbows: The triceps-technically triceps brachii-makes up three-fifths of the upper arm musculature, versus the biceps brachii’s two-headed muscle. (Image credit: Sebastian Kaulitzki / Science Photo Library / Getty Images) First up we have exercises you can do at home using just your bodyweight, then we’ve picked out dumbbell exercises which work your triceps, and lastly there’s a selection of moves that you’ll probably need to do at the gym since they require a barbell, cable machine or other equipment you’re unlikely to have about the house. We’ve broken the exercises up into sections based on what equipment they require. “Not only do well developed triceps look good, but they can also enhance sporting performance, because of the association of triceps strength with punch power or throwing a ball at speed.”īelow, Annabelle Breakenridge, head trainer at F45 Peckham Rye, Carl Martin, personal training manager at Equinox, along with Adepitan and our good selves, guide you through a selection of triceps exercises. Training your triceps isn’t just about aesthetics either, as Olu Adepitan, head of fitness at BXR London, explains. The triceps make up the majority of the muscle mass in your upper arms, which means if you’re chasing sleeve-busting muscles, you need to be doing triceps exercises regularly. ![]() Any arms workout that doesn’t spend at least as much time focusing on the triceps as the biceps is an arms workout that isn’t worthy of you and your (soon-to-be) mighty arms-enal. ![]()
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