Message from discussion Triceps Exercises

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From: lmil...@heineken.tuc.nrao.edu (Luther Miller)
Newsgroups: misc.fitness
Subject: Triceps Exercises
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Date: 23 Jul 92 19:39:27 GMT
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I am looking for exercises specifically geared towards working my outer
triceps (those'd be the muscles facing outwards with my hands at my sides
and my palms facing forward). I don't know the names of the different
parts to my triceps..

Anyway, I have been doing "nosebreakers" (AKA skullcrushers--great names
for this exercise...), dips, and close grip bench press for my TRIs and
it seems that my inner tris (higher up in the back of my arm) are growing
at a great pace, but the outer tris aren't responding much.

A friend of mine told me to try an exercise using a cable pulley: Grip the
handle in one hand, palm facing up (this makes things harder) and with your
upper arm straight (vertical) extend your forearm downward. This is similar
to push downs except that you do one arm at a time and your grip is
upside down. I hope this explains what I mean... Anyway, I tried this
yesterday (these are _tough_) and they felt like they might be working
my outer tris more. Any other ideas?

thanks,

Luther