Tricep Long Head

[Daz69]

LOLOLOL what a hoot

Agree with you Riccardo on the stretching. I think Triceps need to be stretched they can tighten up pretty good and be strong as anything but still look small.

Overhead work like Harry said gives the stretch and seems to hit the long head.

Tricep exercises in general the range and motion are quite short so time under tension isn't that long. 8-12 reps can be done in less than 15 seconds and that's not even doing them fast. Slowing down the movement may help you get better results.

Already do em quite slow.... No need to stay within a 8-12 rep range, can up to 15-25/30 reps..... As I'm prone to continual injuries when I ramp the weights up...... what would you suggest..?

Can try a french-style skullcrusher, where your elbows start way past your head using an ez-curl bar. It's pretty intense tho cause there's no rest at all for the tricep head it's no longer an up and down movement. It's a really stretched out position and a little uncomfortable at first if your elbows are back far enough behind your head, which means you can't do heavy weight at all. The skullcrusher part to your forehead can't happen because of the angle it's more like a lying down overhead press if that makes any sense :-)

Could try this with an ez-bar. When my elbow tweaks or hurts I back off on the strictness of pulling elbows in and let them fall naturally where they like.

I also reduce range of motion, some tweaks hurt at the lockout, some hurt as your arm bends fully so reducing your range of motion to avoid it for a while could help mate.

Give anything and everything a go :-)

I've had a quick try, & it seems easier if your head is partially off the end of the bench..... Like you said, tension is on pretty much all the time if arms are raises slightly above horizontal...... weight limit is fairly low, or I'm weak ..... :grin:

Thanks Mate.....

[musclenz]

LOLOLOL what a hoot

Agree with you Riccardo on the stretching. I think Triceps need to be stretched they can tighten up pretty good and be strong as anything but still look small.

Overhead work like Harry said gives the stretch and seems to hit the long head.

Tricep exercises in general the range and motion are quite short so time under tension isn't that long. 8-12 reps can be done in less than 15 seconds and that's not even doing them fast. Slowing down the movement may help you get better results.

Already do em quite slow.... No need to stay within a 8-12 rep range, can up to 15-25/30 reps..... As I'm prone to continual injuries when I ramp the weights up...... what would you suggest..?

Can try a french-style skullcrusher, where your elbows start way past your head using an ez-curl bar. It's pretty intense tho cause there's no rest at all for the tricep head it's no longer an up and down movement. It's a really stretched out position and a little uncomfortable at first if your elbows are back far enough behind your head, which means you can't do heavy weight at all. The skullcrusher part to your forehead can't happen because of the angle it's more like a lying down overhead press if that makes any sense :-)

Could try this with an ez-bar. When my elbow tweaks or hurts I back off on the strictness of pulling elbows in and let them fall naturally where they like.

I also reduce range of motion, some tweaks hurt at the lockout, some hurt as your arm bends fully so reducing your range of motion to avoid it for a while could help mate.

Give anything and everything a go :-)

This is one of the best exercises to isolate the long head. Because its origin is on the scapula as opposed to the humerus like the medial & lateral heads, it is longer than the other two so needs to be stretched to isolate it properly. What Android is saying its more of a pullover/skull crusher because the movement starts down just off the floor. If you do pullovers as part of your back workout you will know how that can hit the triceps & how hard it is to take them out of this movement. So just put that in to your tricep routine & get those big ol lumps of meat hanging off the bottom of you front double bicep pose

PS. I still like close grip bench to hit all 3 heads as well.

[Chemo]

pushing 100's of sluzzas away from me on a daily basis built my triceps[attachment=0]tomtom.jpg[/attachment]

fkn lol mirin

stong pimp hand

[NZhredder]

you were right, essentially any over the head 'pressing' movement targets the long head.

Still can't really go past heavy closegrip bench for overall development though imo

[Ronin]

I'm really enjoying those French skulls lately, they're a great addition.

Conversely, anyone got any suggestions for really targeting the lateral head?