The Dumbest Arm Exercise Ever 🤦‍♂️

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It's not just regular gym goers who sometimes do this useless arm exercise in their triceps workouts, but I've even seen it several times in "arm workouts" posted by fairly popular influencers. If the upper arm is significantly below parallel to the floor then the triceps aren't really doing anything at all since the weight isn't even moving against gravity. It just "feels" like they are because people will usually flex their triceps at the end of the rep, and that squeezing sensation gives off the impression that it's doing something. The other mistake that is commonly made on dumbbell triceps kickbacks in general is allowing the forearm to continue travelling forward after it's already perpendicular to the floor. Once again, the triceps aren't working at all in that position. You're just pulling the dumbbell forward using your biceps/brachialis and then it's falling back down using gravity. If you are going to do dumbbell triceps kickbacks for some reason then keep that upper arm roughly parallel to the floor and stop once your forearm is perpendicular to the floor. A better option to build triceps muscle though would be to perform your kickbacks using a cable (this will provide a larger active range and smoother resistance profile), or even better, just do a normal triceps pushdown since it's the same general movement and you'll be more stable from a standing position.

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[therealverdikt]

Finally! I always thought it was useless because the shoulder would always take the momentum!

[laniersimone]

I’m so glad someone said it! I absolutely can’t stand doing tricep kickbacks

[madvillian]

I found out by myself to keep my arm and back parallel to the floor doing that. And mostly doing 3 sets of big reps. Every single set my tricep ends up burnt like a toast

[RyubearSaysGao]

Yes, but I do not have a cable machine at home. So...kickbacks it is!

[harrismunir]

Tbh when done properly I get a mad pump and burn from this on my tris

[horneytoaster]

Been loving your shit. I love how you call out others on their bullshit and explain why it’s wrong. Real athlean x vibes. For this one I like to do it after the pull downs. But I’ve been putting it parallel to floor though. I like skullcrushers for triceps more than I like kickbacks.

[plotrecapped]

When I feel my shoulder healthy, I do someone heavy kickbacks to bring them where they were

[BaronSolace]

kickbacks are the only version of this i have access to.

[whiteou.]

This is why I will tell my kids to learn physics. People love aimlessly swinging dumbbells lol

[ParvParashar]

Excellent video! Really loved it. Highly informative and insightful. Incredibly phenomenal work. All your videos are super comprehensive and helpful. Thank you so much! Highly appreciate that. I’m deeply grateful to you for all the help. 🙏💪👍

[MegaRawBerry]

Hey Sean, wanted to thank you. I started doing your suggested tricep extension with 2 ropes, started seeing others in my gym doing the same, a few days ago the gym bought extended ropes for us 😁

[Eagle-Striker]

Skull crushers, overhead dumbbell extensions and cable pushdowns gave me the best results on building up my triceps,

[DerangedScout]

Using two ropes is hilariously unecessary.

[onurrinte]

This is one of the best tricep exercises 😐

[aamtnfndnfng]

The best one for me, and gravity challenges you to bring it back to the front, which is actually a good thing

[Vasilios]

I wish more people followed Sean’s videos/channel and carefully listened to his exact words.

[ali.]

Could you make a vid on tricep exercises with only dumbells and barbell, as I only have these in my home gym with a bench press thing. I want to start working out triceps but all the workouts I see on YouTube are just with machines mainly which I don’t have

[Cdot]

Couldn’t agree more. Always felt like it was a shit exercise. The tricep pump you get from this is so minimal it doesn’t feel worthwhile doing.

[felixcorona]

I love it when im doing an exercise an then i find out i been doing it wrong 🤣🤣