Muscle & Fitness Australia - Issue 352 - June 2017

108 MUSCLE & FITNESS JUNE 2017

CABLE OVERHEAD EXTENSION

LEVEL UP DIFFERENCE:

using a cable instead of a dumbbell means you’ll

be able to keep significant tension on the muscle –

namelyattheverytop,wherethesqueeze with

the elbows fully extended is crucial for maximal

contractionandtricepsgrowth

you had similar diversity. This

time, though, the compound

movement for triceps switches

from close-grip bench presses

to body-weight dips. The other

three moves in the routine look

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

training your biceps and

triceps comes down to variety.

While a healthy diet of curls,

curls and more curls will be

enough to add some size to

your bis, developing a full pair

of horseshoe tris that pop off

the back of your arm requires

you to target all three triceps

heads – lateral, medial and the

long head. This means trashing

the muscle from all different

angles, with an assortment

of exercises and equipment.

The workout on the next page

utilises isolation and compound

movements in the span of a

brief but exhaustive 11-set

triceps throw down. In the

previously published “Straight

Up” version of this routine,

similar, though equipment

and angles are altered to

make sure your triceps don’t

forget how to grow. With

sufficient intensity, volume

and variety, they will.

contraction and triceps growth.

LEVEL UP: TRICEPS