1132: How to Build Your Triceps
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2019
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Sal, Adam and Justin discuss how to build the triceps.
- How the triceps are the defining characteristic of the arm. (2:38)
- The anatomy of the triceps: The attachments, myths, function & MORE. (5:10)
- The 4 MOST important things to FOCUS on when training your triceps. (13:18)
- What rep ranges do the triceps respond to? (28:38)
- How to incorporate BFR (Blood Flow Restriction) into your triceps routine. (29:21)
- What is the ideal set count for the triceps for the week? Frequency of training? (31:23)
- The SPECIFIC exercises that MUST be in your routine to build/sculpt your triceps. (33:15)
- Mind Pump’s PHENOMENAL tricep building workouts: Exercises, rep ranges, sets & MORE.
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- Sal’s workout. (40:21)
- Adam’s workout. (42:21)
- Justin’s workout. (44:05)
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- How To Train Your Triceps The RIGHT Way (DO THIS!)
- Impact of range of motion during ecologically valid resistance training protocols on muscle size, subcutaneous fat, and strength.
- Pump your Triceps with this Tricep Tri-Set
- Mind Pump TV - YouTube
- How To Use BFR Training To GROW Your Arms (CRAZY PUMP!)
- How to Do SKULLCRUSHERS with Dumbbells for BIG Triceps (ADVANCED)
- Rubberbanditz Resistance Band Set
- Mind Pump Free Resources
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go. |
| 0:06.0 | MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salta Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | Alright, in this episode of The Mind Pump, so we've been talking about training individual body parts. |
| 0:20.0 | We've covered chest and shoulders and biceps and today, we're talking about the triceps. |
| 0:26.0 | That's the muscles on the back of your arms. |
| 0:30.0 | The responsible for a lot of the aesthetics of your arms when you have nice, well-developed triceps. |
| 0:35.0 | It just makes your arms look sculpted and good when you're relaxed. |
| 0:40.0 | Now, in this episode, we talk about the function of the triceps. |
| 0:43.0 | What the triceps are made up of. |
| 0:45.0 | So we go over and add a little bit. |
| 0:47.0 | We talk about why they're important to work on. |
| 0:49.0 | What the function is in everyday life. |
| 0:53.0 | When we talk about how they make up a majority of the mass of the upper arm. |
| 0:58.0 | We also talk about the things you want to focus on when working them out. |
| 1:01.0 | Is hand position important? |
| 1:03.0 | Is it important to supinate or turn your hand up or turn your hand down? |
| 1:07.0 | What about grips on the press down bars? |
| 1:11.0 | Does that make a big difference? |
| 1:13.0 | Or is it elbow position? |
| 1:14.0 | We cover all of these things and more. |
| 1:17.0 | Oh, and finally, at the end of the episode, we give you a full tricep workout. |
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