Good way to tighten my biceps?

chancock6

Hey, I'm just starting out. I've been tubby for quite some time, and lost a bunch of weight last year. Now I'm trying to get fit and lose a bit more. So what's a good way to tighten my triceps? I've got the whole flabby thing going on, and while I've gain a little muscle, my old exercises aren't doing much anymore. Anyone have ideas? :flowerforyou:




(Yes, triceps are what I meant! I was writing in a rush! :blushing: So sorry.)

Mrsallypants

Yo mean the triceps as in the bottom of the arm?

Per Ian King: Tesch reviewed twenty triceps exercises and identified which heads of the tricep were primarily trained by which exercises. The more a certain head is targeted, the more stars it gets. His summary is as follows:

French press with EZ bar:

Lateral Head: *

Long Head: **

Medial Head: *

French press with EZ bar on decline bench

Lateral Head: **

Long Head: **

Medial Head: **

Supine triceps extension with dumbbell and neutral grip

Lateral Head: **

Long Head: *

Medial Head: *

Overhead triceps extensions with dumbbell and neutral grip

Lateral Head: **

Long Head: **

Medial Head: **

Overhead triceps extensions with dumbbell and rotation

Lateral Head: **

Long Head: **

Medial Head: **

Overhead triceps extensions with reverse grip

Lateral Head: *

Long Head: **

Medial Head: *

Standing French press with straight bar

Lateral Head: **

Long Head: *

Medial Head: **

Triceps pushdown with straight bar and narrow grip

Lateral Head: **

Long Head: **

Medial Head: *

Triceps pushdown with rope

Lateral Head: **

Long Head: **

Medial Head: **

Triceps pushdown with angled bar

Lateral Head: **

Long Head: **

Medial Head: **

One-arm triceps pushdown

Lateral Head: **

Long Head: *

Medial Head: **

One-arm triceps pushdown with reverse grip

Lateral Head: **

Long Head: **

Medial Head: **

Bench press with narrow grip

Lateral Head: **

Long Head: *

Medial Head: **

Parallel bar dip with neutral grip

Lateral Head: **

Long Head: **

Medial Head: **

Bench dip

Lateral Head: **

Long Head: **

Medial Head: **

Pullover with EZ bar and narrow grip

Lateral Head: *

Long Head: **

Medial Head: *

Military press with straight bar, behind neck

Lateral Head: **

Long Head: nil

Medial Head: **

Standing dumbbell press

Lateral Head: *

Long Head: nil

Medial Head: *

kikiboniki

it sounds like you are talking about your triceps. You could try assisted dips or the tricep dip machine.

Mrsallypants

Just to clarify, my previous post listed 20 different triceps exercises and listed which exercise stimulates which part of the triceps. The triceps muscle is composed of three parts: a long head, lateral head, and medial head. Pick an exercise or three that stimulates all three heads of the triceps the best according to the previous post, look the exercise up on Youtube.

krhn

Hey, I'm just starting out. I've been tubby for quite some time, and lost a bunch of weight last year. Now I'm trying to get fit and lose a bit more. So what's a good way to tighten my triceps? I've got the whole flabby thing going on, and while I've gain a little muscle, my old exercises aren't doing much anymore. Anyone have ideas? :flowerforyou:




(Yes, triceps are what I meant! I was writing in a rush! :blushing: So sorry.)

What your trying to refer to is that section of fat that hangs slightly at the bottom when you strike a bicep pose ... Basically a bit of fat in your arms ... To lose this, it's largely to drop your body fat percentage even lower, to make it appear less, you want bigger muscles: do compound movements around your upper body eg. Bench press, chest press, lat pull downs, pullovers etc. you can gain quite a lot of muscle just those alone without specifically targeting them but if you incorporate isolation movements it can help a bit more... Tricep push downs, skull crushers (even though I never do these), tricep extensions, bicep curls, hammer curls etc. use a moderate weight where you fail at the 8th-12th rep and you should do wonders.
Good luck!

phjorg1

isolation arm exercises are a waste of time that could be spent doing full body movements or cardio.

mperrott2205

isolation arm exercises are a waste of time that could be spent doing full body movements or cardio.

lololol

whierd

isolation arm exercises are a waste of time that could be spent doing full body movements or cardio.

Please stop giving terrible advice.

SwimBikeRunMama

Keep shedding the fat, in addition to strengthening your whole body, but tricep extensions, skull crushers, tricep kickbacks, tricep dips, and push ups are all great for the triceps. Chattarunga pushups are KILLER- you keep your elbows in (if you're familiar with the yoga move, it helps!).

IronSmasher

Tense them.

sam308lbs

Get me a wrench and i will tighten it for you

DavPul

isolation arm exercises are a waste of time that could be spent doing full body movements or cardio.

while this statement is completely false, i will agree with the sentiment that if your arms are flabby, there's probably more flab on other parts of your body. you can't just work your arms and hope they get "tighter". work your whole body, maintain a calorie deficit and have patience while the process does it's thing

Sean_The_IT_Guy

in general, muscles are always firm. if your muscles seem flabby, its because there's fat over them or 'marbled' through it. The only thing to do is to lose more weight to expose the muscle, and/or enlarge the muscle through strength training to make it large enough to be visible through the fat, if you've a particularly unmuscular physique.

diet and exercise (of any kind, cardio, lifting anything) will help you lose the fat.

BakingMadGymAddict

I have been working hard to get rid of flabby arms. I find chin ups help me really well and tricep push ups on toes.

Feel free to add me! I am always on the hunt for inspirations!