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Weight Training: Triceps Exercises
DB French Curl

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- Grip a dumbbell with both hand and hold it overhead at arm's length. The dumbbell's top plate should be resting in the palms of your hands with your thumbs around the bar.
- Stand erect with your head up and your feet 16 inches apart.
- Keep your upper arms close to your head.
- Lower the 'bell in a semicircular motion behind your head until your forearms touch your biceps.
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Tricep Extension

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- Hold a dumbbell in your right hand, with your palm turned toward you.
- Place your left hand on your left knee, and bend over until your upper body is parallel to the floor.
- Pull up your right arm until the upper arm is at your side with a 90 degree bend at the elbow and your lower arm is hanging straight down.
- Press, or extend, the dumbbell back in a semicircle until your arm is straight.
- Hold the dumbbell at the top momentarily, then slowly lower to the starting position.
- After you complete the set, repeat the exercise with your left arm.
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Tricep Press

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- Take a narrow grip on the lat bar with your hands about eight inches apart and your arms extended overhead.
- Kneel or sit low enough that you support the weight with your arms.
- Pull the bar straight down until it's even with your upper chest.
- Return to the starting position.
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