STOP, You're Training Your Triceps Wrong!

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Are you training your triceps wrong? You are about to find out in this video on how to get bigger triceps by implementing a triceps workout strategy that may be completely new to you. We look to the teachings of the late goat Mike Mentzer to give us clues as to how we may want to switch up the way we do our triceps exercises, and all of our workouts for that matter, to get bigger arms in the long run.

It starts with a declaration by Mentzer where he says that the best triceps exercise for growth is hands down the dip. Now, keep in mind that the dip also works the chest and shoulders. If you focus on the angle of your body when performing the dip, you can more effectively target the triceps or the chest while also hitting the shoulders in the process.

That said, is he right?

Well, I want to go back to time earlier this year where I had an MRI done on my shoulder. After throwing a baseball when I was working with the New York Mets, I had torn my labrum and rotator cuff. Not only that, but I had serious degeneration of the shoulder joint as well. Up to that point, where I was feeling discomfort, I was performing a lot of pressing exercises to build the triceps that I have today.

What I liked about some of these pressing exercises, such as the close grip bench press, was that I was able to overload the triceps with a decent amount of weight. We know that overloading a muscle, especially one like the triceps, is a good stimulus for growth that sometimes we don’t explore. By using a heavy weight and allowing muscles that want to work together such as the chest, shoulders and triceps, we can build big triceps in the process.

The only issue was, with the amount of shoulder problems I had, I was getting a lot of discomfort in my shoulder while doing these pressing exercises.

That is when I remembered the lecture from Mike Mentzer discussing his favorite triceps exercise. I tried it and it was a game changer. I started using the dips for triceps training a great deal. Not only was it something I could scale using weight all the way down to negative only reps, but I was also starting to feel more comfort in my shoulder that had gone missing when performing other triceps exercises.

That said, I didn’t stop at just one triceps exercise. I come from a long history and background of doing more than just the one set or exercise that Mike recommends in his Heavy Duty training, So I performed some classic triceps exercises. That said, I used a method that would dramatically cut down the volume of triceps training that I was doing. I used a mechanical drop set shown in the video.

After a brief warmup, I started with a lying triceps extension with an EZ Bar. As soon as I reached failure, I started performing a JM Press or modified French Press and continued to rep out to failure once again. After reaching failure, I started performing a close grip bench press (with the EZ Bar) and repped out to failure for the final time with no rest between any of the exercises.

This torched my triceps and was all that I needed, in combination with the dips discussed before. On the dips, I was able to implement another mechanical drop set where I started with bodyweight, followed by assisted dips, and finally negative only reps.

Finally, I had to consider the final premise of Mentzer training that was largely responsible for the gains that could come from using it - rest and recovery. Given my limitations with triceps training due to my shoulder, I figured that now was the time to cut back the frequency of my triceps workouts and see if Lost any gains because of it. Shockingly, I did not. In fact, I gained much more size back on my triceps as a result.

What was once a scenario where I trained my triceps 2x per week, I was now doing them about once every 10 days or so and capitalizing on the indirect work that they would get with my chest, shoulder, and push workouts.

I highly encourage you give these lessons learned a try in your own triceps training and exercises. You may be shocked by the results - injured or not.

For more videos on how to get bigger triceps and workouts for triceps, be sure to subscribe to our channel here on YouTube via the link above and turn your notifications so you never miss a video when it’s published.

Jeff Cavaliere MSPT, CSCS served as both the head physical therapist and assistant strength coach for the New York Mets. Jeff earned his Masters of Physical Therapy and Bachelor’s of Physioneurobiology from the College of Health Sciences University of Connecticut Storrs. He is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).
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athleanx
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A Mike Mentzer series would a very worthwhile and appreciated chapter for this channel. It could deliver insight from both the teacher and the competent student. This one was particularly good, thank you.

Rotoeye
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I've largely avoided dips because I felt they were straining more than training my shoulders. These cues help me reconsider my plans.

bradfordreed
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I feel like I'm breathing wrong at this point

venvanman
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Of all the trainers on YouTube, I found your videos to be the most helpful. I’m a former strength training, power lifter who had plenty of shoulder injuries. I am making a comeback now, and your videos are helping me regain some of my mobility and strength. Thank you very much and I look forward to more of your videos.

martinidemon
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Mike is blowing up lately! Its about time he finally get some credit. He was ahead of his time and helped greatly the bodybuilding science and community

laszlomate
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Dips is probably one of the hardest body weight exercise for me, but I love it

johanesterhuizen
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Very timely video for me. I have been checking out mentzer's videos and really like the approach. I am taking some of his advice and reduced my volume. It makes my workouts quicker, and that is motivating me to stay more consistent. Appreciate the video!

scarywoody
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Started doing dips on 2 chairs for trys at 14 year old still do it at 52 years old..it works!!!

GymGarageMan
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On my way home from the gym where I applied the Mike Mentzer biceps workout based on your last Biceps video( the greatest mind muscle connection ever for me, tbh), I said to myself that it would be great if Jeff made another one with the triceps, and here it is popping on my screen just the moment I walk home and turn my TV on ! Incredible, isn't it ? no wonder when it's up to Jeff, You never disappoint, man ! All the the love from Algeria.

abdelbassetmezhoud
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Yeah, keep it up, Jeff. More Mike Mentzer. With your experience as a physical therapist, it makes your insights and analysis that much more effective. Greetings from Southern California.

bmoraga
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These Mike Mentzer videos for each muscle group is amazing, if you could make them for all muscle groups that would be amazing.

hasanegeatal
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Wish I had listened to Mentzer in my teens and beyond. Been doing HIT for a year and it is my all time fav routine. Fewer injuries and tweaks, less joint pain. Thanks for posting.

robseale
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I do the "one (work) set only" approach, but I usually do 2-4 exercises per intended body part in order to hit all the desired heads. And dips are done with Chest focus, so I do 2 tricep exercises as well. I've found that low volume, high intensity works much better for me. I recover better, I can stay focused during my workouts and I enjoy my workouts more. And less problems with my right shoulder.

angmori
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Thank you Jeff. I have lost over 160 pounds by learning things from your videos. Thank you for these guides and tips 💪😎

PowerofRa_
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You Sir are the Gold Standard for weight training advice.

garymatney
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I think the biggest issue people probably have with training the Mike Mentzer was is that they don’t understand what TRUE failure on an exercise is. Once you train to concentric, eccentric, and static failure on your ONE set…. Then you’ll understand. It’s fn hard.

neilgunns
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Nice tutorial. I met Mike Mentzer back in 1978. A very courteous yet cerebral man. One small note. Depressing the shoulders during your dips do activate rotator cuff muscles along with the larger trumk muscles.

thomasmcgraw
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Love these series Jeff. Hope you will also make The 1 Set series for every body part. All the best.

mihapirnar
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Of all your videos, this one resonates with me the most.
I'm currently awaiting surgery on a very messed up shoulder from an injury at work. Rotator cuff tears, labrum tears, SLAP tear, long-head bicep tear, two further tendon tears, a snapped ligament, a seperated AC joint, and free-floating bone fragments grinding into the joint tissues. It's a total train wreck.
It's preventing me from doing ANY shoulder, chest, back, tricep or bicep exercise on the injured side. I pretty much cannot train my upper body.
The gains from years of exercise, sport, training and condition have vanished in a matter of months. I feel crippled and 30 years older.
How I'd love to be able to do ONE dip right now, never mind anything else.
The road to recovery is going to be very long; if it's even possible. But if it is possible, I fully intend to adopt Mike Mentzer's philosophy, and substitute volume for intensity. It will probably be with auper-light bands to begin with but I like the rationale behind his training and shorter bursts of exercise will hopefully mean less pain.
Rather than, "No pain, no gain." I'm hoping for, "Not much pain, lots of gain."

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