@@AlexLeonidas Hey Alex! Talking about abs, I wonder, do you do any specific ab work? I have a hard time fitting it into powerbuilding workouts and even choosing exercises as I can't isolate my abs too well and the lower back ends up getting involved. Thanks
Hey Alex, I once commented on a post of yours that I barely had 14 inch arms. I finally have 15 inchers after taking my arms seriously. All of the tips you gave are real. My skull crusher went from literally the EZ Bar empty to 65lbs for 8 reps. My triceps grew like never before. I am very torso dominant, even diamond push ups I feel 100% in my chest. Thanks for the tips you’ve given throughout the years.
Great job Othoniel, I remember seeing those comments. Bro, an inch gained is SERIOUS BUSINESS and you should be really proud of yourself. And to think your potential is even higher, I see you hitting 95lbs and above on those EZ Extensions. Keep grinding brother
Congrats bro. I am the same (torso dominant) can I ask, what exactly did you do to grow arms? Isolate them first and concentrate getting stronger on isolations over time? Did you still press?
Physique is looking better than ever! Mass and definition! Looking forward to seeing how much more cut you look when you get back down to 145lbs and even lower. You are very quickly becoming the ultimate natty king of RUclips. And goes for physique and strength.
Man I think I'm going to be shredded AF at 145, and I think this current physique surpasses last year's look. I'm honored to represent the natty community, I love what it's becoming.
Alex I started doing tricep rope work extensively a while back at your suggestion. Did it for months. Something crazy happened when I re-incorporated dumbbell skull crushers. Elbow pain was completely gone, felt my triceps far more intensely, and was able to up the weight by 5-10 lbs in each hand. Gotta say that your tricep programming is the truth! 🙌
HELL YEAH C. TANG!!! My triceps recommendation come from stubbornness and hypermobility so you know it's highly specific. I'm so happy your elbow pain is gone and that you instantly got stronger. That's seriously win/win 🙌
John Meadows was such a huge part of me beginning my lifting journey, and I feel like in a sense you’re carrying on his legacy by incorporating a lot of his training methods. Just found your channel a few weeks ago and have loved everything I’ve seen so far. Keep it up brother 💯
I definitely feel like weighted dips are a must-do for chest/triceps. I started out with dips back in June but had to do assisted on the machine but now I can do them with 35 lbs around my waist and the difference in my chest and triceps are noticeable. I believe I've put about half an inch or more on my arms in the past year
In my case due to bad leverages for bench, my arms do gain mass on the presses, but my chest sucks. Thanks for the barrel press recommendation, it's really helping!
Thanks in large part to your tips and advice I am closing in on 16 inch arms, within the next 2 weeks! Thanks for setting an example for us, that no matter what we can do better! Next bulk im shooting for 17's. Lets elevate this natural community to show that the natural way is truely the best way!
I feel like you are in peak condition rn ever since i started watching ( which is more than 6 years). You are really big while also being fairly lean to the point where we can see veins, separations and all that. Amazing
What I learned: -Do all presses with a close grip -incline close grip bench and decline diamond pushups -do a pushdown (dual rope preferably) and then an extension (decline or overhead preferably) in that order 2x a week for at least 8 weekly tricep sets (but still rotate between normal pushdowns) -replace close grip bench for jm press on arm days -try elbow sleeves -get strong at weighted dips -use resistance from bands and chains
He speaking straight facts I’ve been working out for 4-5 years 2 & 1/2 years I was actually consistent. All I did was close grip for all presses even The Ohp and it caused me to be very arm dominant I have 18s cold 19 1/2 pumped thanks to this method and I I’m your average gym bro at best! Especially when it comes to strength.
Alex, after watching a couple dozen of your vids, I must say I am consistently impressed with your depth of knowledge, your understanding, and the many insights you convey, all with passion. Great work, sir. My only complaint is that it is almost too much, like I feel like I am taking PhD level coursework or something.
Man yesterday i hit 235 for the first time on the bench press, and all thanks to your advice man, I think training triceps helps you with benching imo.
You're past 2 plates, hell yeah Francisco and more to come!! Absolutely, lagging triceps will hold back benching potential. When I corrected mine, well we all saw what happened even with my 1RM.
I 100% agree about the elbow angle on presses and how it relates to arm size and strength. I've always been quite arm dominant and now that I examine my leverages, I see that even on my normal grip bench my elbows travel waaay past 90degrees, leading to the strength deficit and triceps gains. Programming certainly does become much more intuitive when you understand how your leverages affect the biomechanics of each movement, always learning something new from you Alex
I used to not really like u but now ur growing on me, I tried the seated curl and finally felt my biceps working. I used to always find it hard to work my biceps but now I had the best bicep workout every
I added so much mass on the arm with the unilateral overhead tricep extension, semi-supinated grip on a cable machine, best exercise for packing on slabs of muscle mass and girth
I have been doing low incline close grip bench press recently. My triceps are equal to my body, but this form gives me more rom/stretch for my pecs and requires less weight. Win- win for me. Will keep these tips in mind for when my tricep lag. Been wanting to implement dips too, so that will be fun.
This makes a lot of sense; my natural push up width is narrow plus I do a lot of high rep push ups, so my triceps inadvertently got very beefy and my chest would give out before my tris
I think you've found your niche Alex, after the years of conjugate, above the knee rack pulls, powerlifting, you seem to have the physique for bodybuilding.
@Alex Leonidas quick question bro, do you think wrist size is a accurate indicator for potential arm size? Or do you think it's bullshit. it would be nice if with proper training and diet and effort that we could achieve greater results over these formulas of genetic limitations. Curious to know what you think 🤔
I got stuck on 39cm biceps since 18 to 20, until i started doing them first at least once a week and focus on improving, 21 yo at 40cm, 22 41cm and now 23 at 41.8 and still improving. It works and is really simple way to track progress, bar biceps now is 45kg 12 reps and 45kg 10 reps, follow with close grip 40kg 10 reps 2x, then adding some brachiali focused like hammer curls. But what helped me is doing them first at least one a week and trying to improve, as long as weight goes up, biceps grows up.
IMO, close grip incline is the go to for lateral and medial heads of tris, hint let the bar descend to your second rip just below the clavicle cause if you let bar descend to your lower chest 5th 6th rib it becomes ant-delt, if you need extra burn diamond pushup directly after the set, but we need to be careful about the weight, it needs to be 50% of the regular benchpress.
That's an interesting pro tip and I've experienced the same thing. I guess bringing the bar up higher mimics more so a JM Press and is surprisingly less delts.
I've been a sub since your early videos. If I remember right it was another channel name. Then life happened and I haven't watched u or worked out since 2015. I'm glad I found u again. U have built a totally dug free body that people can achieve with hard work. Glad u aint fake like most of these liar fawks in the utube fitness industry
Yeah! Most of what I end up doing comes from here and I’ve figured some of this, he’s the only one that proves it a dedicated life to proving it. My chest gets it really good too with the close grip and colse grip dips. My chest & tries get knotted up straight up dinosaur eggs on the back of my arms and chest. Thanks Brother I’m learnin way-way more and I feel really good again I’ve just about taken my life completely back despite all the craziness. A strong mind and a strong body go hand and hand.
Great info!! I had elbow pain so bad that no matter what i did, it hurt. Then i came across louie simmons talking about AJ Robert's and his elbows that would hurt all the time. Louie recommend hundreds and hundreds of triceps band extensions with very light weight and ultra high reps. I started doing them, and OMG!! IT FREAKIN WORKED. I did them on my none bench days in the morning and at night an hour before bed. I looked into a little bit more and muscle grow at a faster rate than ligaments and tendons which isnt new news and they dont necessarily have their own direct blood supply. If you tear a muscle, you'll see blood under the skin, but you tear a tendon, and there's hardly any bleeding. They get their blood supply from surrounding sources. So when you're doing hundreds of reps with very light bands, that's pushing blood into the surrounding area to help the tendon with recovery. What is usually circulating in the blood? Nutrients.. i tried taking a protein powder and a good collagen powder two hours before doing the mini workout for the joint. My elbow has been feeling amazing and havent had any issues from it since. I hurt my left shoulder on bench day to the point i couldnt continue my bench workout.. so I started using the same recovery practice i did for my triceps. Within 3 weeks i was back under the bar benching at 90%.. try it out!! It works!! Anyone want the clips of louie talking about what i mentioned i can link it later. GL
Bench dips for me are the most killer tricep exercise out of everything, I know ppl say they are bad for shoulders and stuff but man the feeling in the tris is unlike any other exercises for me
I added a little more arm volume and added half an inch on my arms from that. Now I've been prioritizing longer rom, worse leverage compounds and also having an arm day and I've added almost another INCH after 2 months of that
Bought dual ropes that I bring with me to the gym so I can really work long head. Seems like it's also time to start throwing in more close grip pressing and even try that dip machine. Recently hit a bulked 17" arm largely because of your advice, now on to 18"!
I incorporate a lot of close grip bench pressing when training triceps. I put in this exercise one of the biggest efforts. Of course doing and variety of french press, JM press and cables but pressing is king.
For the dual rope push down, you do not even need two ropes in your gym, just bring any 3 feet rope from your garage or whatever, or the rope from some gymnastics rings and use that
here's what worked for me: 1. pick movements with a more natural ROM, ie dual rope pushdowns instead of straight bar. It'll allow for a greater ROM. 2. Pick one movement where your elbow is over your head, preferably the single arm cable extension, as it allows for the greatest stretch. 3. Train in a variety of rep ranges, don't just stick to the regular 12-15, do 1 heavy set of 6-8 then drop the weight and do 2-3 sets of 10-12. 4. Train them with more frequency, 3 times a week is the sweet spot and 4-6 sets per session is all you'll need cuz the frequency is high. 5. Stop training like a little b and take all your sets close to or to failure 6. PROGRESSIVE OVERLOAD
I have been struggling with pushing past my current bench number, seeing this video made me realize that I have been overlooking a great tool in my bag, bands. I am going to try adding bands to my bench to to squeeze out those extra hypertrophic reps. Not entirely triceps related, but your video was great and informative, as are most of your videos.
Hello Alex, I have a question for you. I'm a student who's currently saving money, which means I can't afford to join a high-quality gym just yet. The only gym I have access to is the public gym in my apartment complex, which provides only dumbbells and a Smith machine. I mainly focus on push workouts. While the gym does offer other equipment like lat pulldown and pec fly machines, for push exercises, I'm limited to the Smith machine and dumbbells. I've been incorporating close grip bench presses using the Smith machine for the past two weeks to target my triceps more effectively. However, I've noticed a difference in my lifting capacity. My regular bench press weight is 85 kg, but with the narrow grip, I've had to reduce the weight to 67.5 kg. Is such a difference in lifting power normal? I greatly appreciate your attention and would be extremely thankful if you could provide insights into my question, Alex!
Yo - that close grip with tight elbows on the incline is insane! Usually I work close grip flat bench by I’m going to spend 6 weeks on the incline with tight elbows. Also been working the flat barrel dumbell press. Insane.
Man , freaking DIPS ! , the more content i see the more i realize how awesome of a lift this is , i only can do Assisted Dips for now but one day i'll be able to do Weighted Dips along with my Bench & Ohp ofc .
3:24 gotta disagree with this one pal, my close grip was actually slightly stronger than my wide, then when I did a phase that increased my close grip strength, I went back to wide and found I’d actively regressed.
For whatever reason tricep exercises where I can keep the palms face down and push with a wide open hand seem to give me the most activation. Most seated dip machines have those big flat grips on them and they work the shit out of your triceps when you find the right placement for your palms. There's a nautilus tricep machine that has the regular handles you're supposed to grip and a cushion for the meat of your fist but I have been placing my palms wide open on the cushions and pushing down doing double drop sets and that hits the triceps really hard too. This is a similar action to the diamond push ups you mentioned.
when i started lifting, i did not have much space at home, so i had to get one of those shorter barbells, and ofc had to use a close grip to bench. It was a pleasant surprice to see my triceps blowing up like crazy, couldnt believe it :D
My arms are at exactly 18.5 inches atm and let me tell you.. I always kept tricep isolations between 15-25 reps and my tricep literally makes 3/3 of my arms these days😂 On top of that, I managed to get 12 solid reps with the whole stack at the gym last time I tried maxing out just for lolz. So you got that right Alex, no need to lift insanely heavy on the isolations as long as you got a good compound that hits the triceps then finish of with isolations😎
Personally really like overhead dumbbell tricep extension, if you clasp weight with both hands and only hold the weight with ridge of your hand you'll get the best stretch, mix that with Bench Dips, stack some weight and bam heavy sets.
Hello, can i ask why you are not using minoxidil on your head because it helped a lot on your beard or you like more the way you look now or you tried it and it doesnt work? Thinking of using it on my beard and my head and your feedback will help a lot. Thank you
I'm sooo close to 15" and I got 2 months left until my bulk ends (a bit over 1,5 years). I would say triceps are my strong point and biceps my weak point. I've grown my arms about 1" in a year and the first part of that year was with very low volume (3-6 sets/week of isolations) and for the last 6 months I've bumped that up to atleast 10 sets per week. I'm going to get real serious with my arm development after my mini-cut in may. My first goal is 16" and I hope I can get there in 2 years from now.
They are! Bro I f***ing love them, hands down the BEST feeling dumbbells I've ever used. The knurling, exact dimensions, sturdiness, everything is perfection for this kind of design.
iam insanely arm dominant to the point where i really struggle to put on more weight on my bench and i mostly feel bench in my shoulders and triceps, and my arms keep getting stronger and bigger. everything has pros and cons i guess. also 9:12 those rear delts are POPPIN out
Holy moly the leanness in your arms and forearms is already crazy, excited to see just how lean you can get when you compete.
Seems like most of the fat is stripped off there! Now just want to see more ab veins with deathly obliques. So hyped to step on stage.
@@AlexLeonidas bro have you decided to step on stage? Thats gonna be great ngl
When are you stepping on stage?
@@niharu6569 April 29!
@@AlexLeonidas Hey Alex! Talking about abs, I wonder, do you do any specific ab work? I have a hard time fitting it into powerbuilding workouts and even choosing exercises as I can't isolate my abs too well and the lower back ends up getting involved. Thanks
Hey Alex, I once commented on a post of yours that I barely had 14 inch arms. I finally have 15 inchers after taking my arms seriously. All of the tips you gave are real. My skull crusher went from literally the EZ Bar empty to 65lbs for 8 reps. My triceps grew like never before. I am very torso dominant, even diamond push ups I feel 100% in my chest. Thanks for the tips you’ve given throughout the years.
Good going bro keep grinding
Great job Othoniel, I remember seeing those comments. Bro, an inch gained is SERIOUS BUSINESS and you should be really proud of yourself. And to think your potential is even higher, I see you hitting 95lbs and above on those EZ Extensions. Keep grinding brother
Congrats bro.
Congrats bro. I am the same (torso dominant) can I ask, what exactly did you do to grow arms? Isolate them first and concentrate getting stronger on isolations over time? Did you still press?
What did you do?
Physique is looking better than ever! Mass and definition! Looking forward to seeing how much more cut you look when you get back down to 145lbs and even lower. You are very quickly becoming the ultimate natty king of RUclips. And goes for physique and strength.
Man I think I'm going to be shredded AF at 145, and I think this current physique surpasses last year's look. I'm honored to represent the natty community, I love what it's becoming.
@@AlexLeonidas be careful next time bro, try not to faint again.
@@Guts_Brando neck training was his guardian angel
@@AlexLeonidas you are already really lean take it as slow as you can and don't lose too much weight
Alex I started doing tricep rope work extensively a while back at your suggestion. Did it for months. Something crazy happened when I re-incorporated dumbbell skull crushers. Elbow pain was completely gone, felt my triceps far more intensely, and was able to up the weight by 5-10 lbs in each hand. Gotta say that your tricep programming is the truth! 🙌
HELL YEAH C. TANG!!! My triceps recommendation come from stubbornness and hypermobility so you know it's highly specific. I'm so happy your elbow pain is gone and that you instantly got stronger. That's seriously win/win 🙌
Love the subtle respect to John Meadows through the title❤
The GOAT, and John was using reverse band before it was cool
Respect
John Meadows was such a huge part of me beginning my lifting journey, and I feel like in a sense you’re carrying on his legacy by incorporating a lot of his training methods. Just found your channel a few weeks ago and have loved everything I’ve seen so far. Keep it up brother 💯
Gotta respect the passion Alex has. Keep making the best fitness content on RUclips!❤
I definitely feel like weighted dips are a must-do for chest/triceps. I started out with dips back in June but had to do assisted on the machine but now I can do them with 35 lbs around my waist and the difference in my chest and triceps are noticeable. I believe I've put about half an inch or more on my arms in the past year
In my case due to bad leverages for bench, my arms do gain mass on the presses, but my chest sucks. Thanks for the barrel press recommendation, it's really helping!
Close grip for life! Whatever exercise i do never mind back or chest only arms are growing(and shoulders). :D
Thanks in large part to your tips and advice I am closing in on 16 inch arms, within the next 2 weeks! Thanks for setting an example for us, that no matter what we can do better! Next bulk im shooting for 17's. Lets elevate this natural community to show that the natural way is truely the best way!
16s are no joke, great work man and more to come!! We're raising the natty arm standards over here 💪🏻
Your videos have helped me so much. 14 years of lifting with underdeveloped shoulders/arms
I feel like you are in peak condition rn ever since i started watching ( which is more than 6 years). You are really big while also being fairly lean to the point where we can see veins, separations and all that. Amazing
What I learned:
-Do all presses with a close grip
-incline close grip bench and decline diamond pushups
-do a pushdown (dual rope preferably) and then an extension (decline or overhead preferably) in that order 2x a week for at least 8 weekly tricep sets (but still rotate between normal pushdowns)
-replace close grip bench for jm press on arm days
-try elbow sleeves
-get strong at weighted dips
-use resistance from bands and chains
He speaking straight facts I’ve been working out for 4-5 years 2 & 1/2 years I was actually consistent. All I did was close grip for all presses even The Ohp and it caused me to be very arm dominant I have 18s cold 19 1/2 pumped thanks to this method and I I’m your average gym bro at best! Especially when it comes to strength.
nah its just cuz u black
@@born2270😂
Alex, after watching a couple dozen of your vids, I must say I am consistently impressed with your depth of knowledge, your understanding, and the many insights you convey, all with passion. Great work, sir. My only complaint is that it is almost too much, like I feel like I am taking PhD level coursework or something.
It is not too much if anything we need more
Thanks for the wonderful compliments, Alan! The more learning, the better :)
I’ve been watching Tricep videos all day and I must say this is the best one
You do the best technique I have ever seen in 50 yrs.
Man yesterday i hit 235 for the first time on the bench press, and all thanks to your advice man, I think training triceps helps you with benching imo.
You're past 2 plates, hell yeah Francisco and more to come!! Absolutely, lagging triceps will hold back benching potential. When I corrected mine, well we all saw what happened even with my 1RM.
@@AlexLeonidas that’s what I noticed too, I will keep training hard and aim for 270
@@franciscot019how is it going?
@@franciscot019I just hit my own 235 paused.
I 100% agree about the elbow angle on presses and how it relates to arm size and strength. I've always been quite arm dominant and now that I examine my leverages, I see that even on my normal grip bench my elbows travel waaay past 90degrees, leading to the strength deficit and triceps gains. Programming certainly does become much more intuitive when you understand how your leverages affect the biomechanics of each movement, always learning something new from you Alex
This is a great video man you can tell a lot went into this. Learned a lot here thank you!
I'm really happy that you found it informative man! Tried to provide many nuanced pro tips 💯
This is just what I needed Alex! More elite tier fitness alpha from the best fitness influencer on youtube.
Real recognize, thank you for this!
I used to not really like u but now ur growing on me, I tried the seated curl and finally felt my biceps working. I used to always find it hard to work my biceps but now I had the best bicep workout every
This guy always giving free of charge game!
It's my pleasure!
Bro you're looking insane, I am excited to see you on stage
Another killer video man, seriously one of the best in this space
cant believe im getting knowledge of this level for free, what a time to be alive.
Hope you make this a series like traps , arms,shoulders, legs, back etc etc grow that stubborn series 💪🙌👍
Covering all the muscles then creating another series 💪🙌👍
@@AlexLeonidas ty 💪🙌
Really looking forward into this series!
I added so much mass on the arm with the unilateral overhead tricep extension, semi-supinated grip on a cable machine, best exercise for packing on slabs of muscle mass and girth
I have been doing low incline close grip bench press recently. My triceps are equal to my body, but this form gives me more rom/stretch for my pecs and requires less weight. Win- win for me.
Will keep these tips in mind for when my tricep lag. Been wanting to implement dips too, so that will be fun.
This makes a lot of sense; my natural push up width is narrow plus I do a lot of high rep push ups, so my triceps inadvertently got very beefy and my chest would give out before my tris
The king of naturals!
I appreciate you saying that, Austin!
❤ amazing tips as always. One of the Best content creators in the world for natty guys
Dude, I literally put my unit through several different resistance profiles too. Amazing
They must hate and love you!
I think you've found your niche Alex, after the years of conjugate, above the knee rack pulls, powerlifting, you seem to have the physique for bodybuilding.
Liking the video before watching because i know everytime Alex posts Im in for a treat, god bless you man, and thank you for everything you do!
Bless you bro, I'm honored to be helpful!
also had the idea of narrowing my presses a while ago and I can guarantee that it works!
This reminds me of a old 1980's gym training video for staph and personal trainers. I love it.
Amazing as Always 🔥🔥
Loving this series so much. Thanks Alex!!
needed this. My chest and lats completely overpower and shoulders and arms
This dude makes complete sense. Straight up.
Real recognize
@Alex Leonidas quick question bro, do you think wrist size is a accurate indicator for potential arm size?
Or do you think it's bullshit. it would be nice if with proper training and diet and effort that we could achieve greater results over these formulas of genetic limitations. Curious to know what you think 🤔
I got stuck on 39cm biceps since 18 to 20, until i started doing them first at least once a week and focus on improving, 21 yo at 40cm, 22 41cm and now 23 at 41.8 and still improving. It works and is really simple way to track progress, bar biceps now is 45kg 12 reps and 45kg 10 reps, follow with close grip 40kg 10 reps 2x, then adding some brachiali focused like hammer curls. But what helped me is doing them first at least one a week and trying to improve, as long as weight goes up, biceps grows up.
Do you do on arm day biceps before triceps?
@@myhonorwasloyalty
This is monday
1.wide grip biceps:
20. 30. 45. 45
12. 12. 12. 11
2.narrow grip biceps:
40. 40.
10 10
3.brachialis hammer:
14. 14
11. 10
4.incline chest dumbells: flexaj
10 16 25. 35. 35
12. 12. 12. 12 10
5.flat chest bucice:
20. 30. 40. 40
12. 12. 10. 8.
And this would be thuesday then
1.lat pulldown wide back:
20. 40. 70 70
12. 12. 10. 10
2.narrow back lat pulldown:
60. 80. 80
12. 10. 10
3.rows:
40. 60. 80. 80
12. 12. 10. 9
4.down back
0. 5
12. 12
5.shoulder side:
6. 10. 10
12 12 10
6.shoulder press:
16. 20. 27.5. 27.5.
12. 12. 10. 10
7.shoulder back:
2. 4. 6. 6
12 12. 12. 12
7.5. shoulder side 1 arm:
8kg. 8
12. 10
8.triceps skull rusher:
15. 35. 45. 40
12. 8. 10. 8
9.triceps overhead dumbell 1 arm:
14. 14
12. 10.
10.triceps down push rope:
15. 25. 25
12. 12. 10
Dips and dual rope Pushdowns are essential!
IMO, close grip incline is the go to for lateral and medial heads of tris, hint let the bar descend to your second rip just below the clavicle cause if you let bar descend to your lower chest 5th 6th rib it becomes ant-delt, if you need extra burn diamond pushup directly after the set, but we need to be careful about the weight, it needs to be 50% of the regular benchpress.
That's an interesting pro tip and I've experienced the same thing. I guess bringing the bar up higher mimics more so a JM Press and is surprisingly less delts.
@@AlexLeonidas yes it is more similar to JM press but I feel it is more natural movement pattern
"Some arbitrary standard like the floor is stopping you" had me in tears 😂
Alex's physique never looked better, i think he is reaching his peak
It's my current peak but I still got many more years to progress! I'm excited for the future.
Every yesr should be your peak
I want this guy to make a video series of turning my mid physique into one on his level
Great man, continue with the series!!
Thanks Ivan, next time is likely forearms!
I've been a sub since your early videos. If I remember right it was another channel name. Then life happened and I haven't watched u or worked out since 2015.
I'm glad I found u again. U have built a totally dug free body that people can achieve with hard work. Glad u aint fake like most of these liar fawks in the utube fitness industry
Yeah! Most of what I end up doing comes from here and I’ve figured some of this, he’s the only one that proves it a dedicated life to proving it. My chest gets it really good too with the close grip and colse grip dips. My chest & tries get knotted up straight up dinosaur eggs on the back of my arms and chest.
Thanks Brother I’m learnin way-way more and I feel really good again I’ve just about taken my life completely back despite all the craziness. A strong mind and a strong body go hand and hand.
🤣 “proving” it!! Spell check
Dedicated a life time to proving it. Now it sounds right 💪🏼
Thanks again Brotha 🤘🏼
I love a narrow grip incline bench press. I get better upper chest pump with a narrow grip AND I get a really good stretched position on the triceps.
No wonder why Mike Mentzer was preaching closed grip BB incline pressing.💪
Mike was right about a lot of things 💪
I’ve found doing close grip bench with a moderate close grip increases stimulus on the chest rather than doing a wider grip.
Can someone tell me if he has another video on the movement at 2:26 ?
Great info!! I had elbow pain so bad that no matter what i did, it hurt. Then i came across louie simmons talking about AJ Robert's and his elbows that would hurt all the time. Louie recommend hundreds and hundreds of triceps band extensions with very light weight and ultra high reps. I started doing them, and OMG!! IT FREAKIN WORKED. I did them on my none bench days in the morning and at night an hour before bed. I looked into a little bit more and muscle grow at a faster rate than ligaments and tendons which isnt new news and they dont necessarily have their own direct blood supply. If you tear a muscle, you'll see blood under the skin, but you tear a tendon, and there's hardly any bleeding. They get their blood supply from surrounding sources. So when you're doing hundreds of reps with very light bands, that's pushing blood into the surrounding area to help the tendon with recovery. What is usually circulating in the blood? Nutrients.. i tried taking a protein powder and a good collagen powder two hours before doing the mini workout for the joint. My elbow has been feeling amazing and havent had any issues from it since. I hurt my left shoulder on bench day to the point i couldnt continue my bench workout.. so I started using the same recovery practice i did for my triceps. Within 3 weeks i was back under the bar benching at 90%.. try it out!! It works!! Anyone want the clips of louie talking about what i mentioned i can link it later. GL
Bench dips for me are the most killer tricep exercise out of everything, I know ppl say they are bad for shoulders and stuff but man the feeling in the tris is unlike any other exercises for me
I added a little more arm volume and added half an inch on my arms from that. Now I've been prioritizing longer rom, worse leverage compounds and also having an arm day and I've added almost another INCH after 2 months of that
an inch in 2 months? Takes me a year.
Damn Arms looking shredded and grainy! Keep it up man!
Thanks man, I'm loving the look!
Bought dual ropes that I bring with me to the gym so I can really work long head.
Seems like it's also time to start throwing in more close grip pressing and even try that dip machine.
Recently hit a bulked 17" arm largely because of your advice, now on to 18"!
Looking insane bro!
I incorporate a lot of close grip bench pressing when training triceps. I put in this exercise one of the biggest efforts. Of course doing and variety of french press, JM press and cables but pressing is king.
Alex your shredded as hell. Damn 🔥
For the dual rope push down, you do not even need two ropes in your gym, just bring any 3 feet rope from your garage or whatever, or the rope from some gymnastics rings and use that
here's what worked for me:
1. pick movements with a more natural ROM, ie dual rope pushdowns instead of straight bar. It'll allow for a greater ROM.
2. Pick one movement where your elbow is over your head, preferably the single arm cable extension, as it allows for the greatest stretch.
3. Train in a variety of rep ranges, don't just stick to the regular 12-15, do 1 heavy set of 6-8 then drop the weight and do 2-3 sets of 10-12.
4. Train them with more frequency, 3 times a week is the sweet spot and 4-6 sets per session is all you'll need cuz the frequency is high.
5. Stop training like a little b and take all your sets close to or to failure
6. PROGRESSIVE OVERLOAD
I have been struggling with pushing past my current bench number, seeing this video made me realize that I have been overlooking a great tool in my bag, bands. I am going to try adding bands to my bench to to squeeze out those extra hypertrophic reps. Not entirely triceps related, but your video was great and informative, as are most of your videos.
Hello Alex, I have a question for you. I'm a student who's currently saving money, which means I can't afford to join a high-quality gym just yet. The only gym I have access to is the public gym in my apartment complex, which provides only dumbbells and a Smith machine. I mainly focus on push workouts. While the gym does offer other equipment like lat pulldown and pec fly machines, for push exercises, I'm limited to the Smith machine and dumbbells.
I've been incorporating close grip bench presses using the Smith machine for the past two weeks to target my triceps more effectively. However, I've noticed a difference in my lifting capacity. My regular bench press weight is 85 kg, but with the narrow grip, I've had to reduce the weight to 67.5 kg. Is such a difference in lifting power normal? I greatly appreciate your attention and would be extremely thankful if you could provide insights into my question, Alex!
wating for leg fix and man your physique is so impressive.
You deserve your flowers brother 💐 💐💐
Yo - that close grip with tight elbows on the incline is insane! Usually I work close grip flat bench by I’m going to spend 6 weeks on the incline with tight elbows. Also been working the flat barrel dumbell press. Insane.
Fantastic advice Alex!
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Man , freaking DIPS ! , the more content i see the more i realize how awesome of a lift this is , i only can do Assisted Dips for now but one day i'll be able to do Weighted Dips along with my Bench & Ohp ofc .
Love your content brother
3:24 gotta disagree with this one pal, my close grip was actually slightly stronger than my wide, then when I did a phase that increased my close grip strength, I went back to wide and found I’d actively regressed.
u can also use 2 longer cable handles instead of 2 ropes, since most gyms have more of them.
You uploaded this right in the middle of my pushdowns
Time to do another 300!
For whatever reason tricep exercises where I can keep the palms face down and push with a wide open hand seem to give me the most activation. Most seated dip machines have those big flat grips on them and they work the shit out of your triceps when you find the right placement for your palms. There's a nautilus tricep machine that has the regular handles you're supposed to grip and a cushion for the meat of your fist but I have been placing my palms wide open on the cushions and pushing down doing double drop sets and that hits the triceps really hard too. This is a similar action to the diamond push ups you mentioned.
when i started lifting, i did not have much space at home, so i had to get one of those shorter barbells, and ofc had to use a close grip to bench. It was a pleasant surprice to see my triceps blowing up like crazy, couldnt believe it :D
Oh yessssssss the arbitrary knurling forced a narrower grip and you realized the normal close grip wasn't really that close :D
Love some of your techniques thanx for sharing brother
Alex, when do you plan to compete this year? Looking forward to it :)
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@@AlexLeonidas you got this king. Hoping you get on the podium
My arms are at exactly 18.5 inches atm and let me tell you..
I always kept tricep isolations between 15-25 reps and my tricep literally makes 3/3 of my arms these days😂
On top of that, I managed to get 12 solid reps with the whole stack at the gym last time I tried maxing out just for lolz.
So you got that right Alex, no need to lift insanely heavy on the isolations as long as you got a good compound that hits the triceps then finish of with isolations😎
Personally really like overhead dumbbell tricep extension, if you clasp weight with both hands and only hold the weight with ridge of your hand you'll get the best stretch, mix that with Bench Dips, stack some weight and bam heavy sets.
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12:12 I have been doing this in warmup for years now, and I havent feel any discomfort in my elbows 😃 I guess we do some things without knowing it
Your back is so muscular and dense Alex. Keep up the great work.
As a guy who had a T Rex physique I can completely relate and grateful for this video
The t-rex gang knows what's up 🙌
Great vid! Speaking of overloading the top end, LOVE skullcrushers from the floor using slightly larger (10kg) plates on the bar
I'm sooo close to 15" and I got 2 months left until my bulk ends (a bit over 1,5 years). I would say triceps are my strong point and biceps my weak point. I've grown my arms about 1" in a year and the first part of that year was with very low volume (3-6 sets/week of isolations) and for the last 6 months I've bumped that up to atleast 10 sets per week. I'm going to get real serious with my arm development after my mini-cut in may. My first goal is 16" and I hope I can get there in 2 years from now.
Are those the Pepin dumbbell handles? How you like them? I've been researching those vs. Baadass and can't decide which ones to pick up?!
They are! Bro I f***ing love them, hands down the BEST feeling dumbbells I've ever used. The knurling, exact dimensions, sturdiness, everything is perfection for this kind of design.
I keep catching your uploads super early lol.
Please make a split workout routine
Yeah been doing smith machine JM press since Joe bennet made the video on them. They are so good!
Dip dipty dip duh dip dip duh dip. Ohweeeeeeeeeoooooooooo. Ya, I sing while walking to the dip machine. Doo Wop, music to my tris.
Alex you are awesome brother and your content is so helpful!💛💯
You rock Blizzy, thanks for your support!
i was imaginaing that bar while doing triceps. need that bar at the gym
Hey ,what kind of dumbell handles are those @ 1:45?
New Pepin Olympic Dumbbells
Honest guy
So your advice is to do close-grip benchpress instead of the traditional conventional bench press?
I will try it.
iam insanely arm dominant to the point where i really struggle to put on more weight on my bench and i mostly feel bench in my shoulders and triceps, and my arms keep getting stronger and bigger. everything has pros and cons i guess.
also 9:12 those rear delts are POPPIN out
You lucky my arms lag compared to my boddy.
@@myhonorwasloyalty pros and cons my man, my ripcage is as flat as a pancake ,so building thiccness is insanely hard for me, iam pretty wide though.