Triceps Exercise Myth Buster (GET BIGGER TRICEPS!)
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The best tricep exercise is always the one you do right. That said, a lot of people aren’t quite so clear on the right way to perform one very popular triceps exercise – the tricep pushdown. In this video, I show you whether you should be using a supinated (underhand grip) or pronated (overhand grip) to get the most out of this triceps mass building movement.
To start, you have to understand where this argument is coming from. Many people will say that doing the pushdown with the hand turned down will help them feel it more in their outer or lateral head of the triceps. Others will say that doing the tricep exercise with the hand turned upward will help them feel it more in the inner or long head of the triceps. Who is right?
Well, if you look at the anatomy of the issue, both would be wrong! You see, the triceps does not have any attachment to either the radius in the forearm. While it crosses the elbow joint and allows it to extend the elbow, it doesn’t have any impact on the ability of the forearm to pronate or supinate. This is a major point that the keyboard anatomists will use to argue their point that forearm position or grip has no impact on the different heads of the triceps muscle that you feel working during the slightly altered exercises.
That is ok to a point. However it doesn’t explain the real world fact that you can feel the long head and lateral head of the tricep workout differently depending on the grip. That is because when we do supinate we don’t ever do it in isolation. We often get external rotation of our shoulder as well that winds up putting the long head in a better mechanical line of pull out of the three heads of the triceps. This results in a stronger contraction from this head and one we can feel during the variation of this popular triceps exercise.
On the contrary, we perform internal rotation of the shoulder when we do a pronated grip pushdown. This auxiliary movement helps to shift the focus more to the outside of the triceps muscle and lead to a stronger contraction felt in the lateral head of the triceps. So, at the end of the day, the triceps is influenced by grip position but not for the reason you may have thought. Anatomy isn’t enough to explain the feeling you get from the triceps pushdowns variations.
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I found that I can do, significantly, less weight supinated. So, I knew something was up.
Highly useful video.
link to peaks doesn't seem to work.
Summary:
Pronated grip works more of the lateral head of triceps
Underhand grip works more of the long head of the triceps
When doing pronated pushdowns, we get internal rotation at the shoulder. The underhand grip has alot of external rotation at the shoulder. This position of the shoulder places a better mechanical advantage for triceps heads
That outro was sick Jeff! Great work.
Nice outro showing your degrees
Great info!
Cheers bro
i feel massively higher stimulation , what seems to be longhead innervation doing kickbacks with fully pronated grip.
this seems opposite what jeff is saying
Effective awesome ty for this knowledge ..love from punjab india
So we still do them both ways I guess🤔🤷♂️
Great vid Jeff! Now bigger pecs 2019!
Mix it.
I do all the tricep exercises he tells they still suck😭
thanks uncle jeff
Hey Jeff. Is there a difference of impact on triceps if we switch our grip(from pronated to supinated) while doing skullcrusher?
I actually like to do a few light sets of underhand pushdowns in order to stay mobile
Can they be done with just one hand at a time?
Best in the fitness world sir
This video didn’t sum up the conclusion very well. So there’s no difference regardless of grip but yet there really is because the shoulder moves? So is he saying that as long as you keep good form it doesn’t matter if you do palm up or down? Or is he saying the grips are different and we should do both regardless of having good form?
One of your best videos
Love the ending
Wait wait wait, so if you kept your sholders back on the first exercise would ut actually matter
Try reversed but as a cross over and elbows tucked in
Great tip
It happens that on my left arm, the long tricep isn't developed well but the medial head is huge when flexing, but on the right arm, the long head is well developed but the medial head has the half size of the other. Am thinking not to do exercises using both arms, but specifically for the Long head on the one arm, and the Medial head for the other..
Bars on the windows. Lock up dem gains
Good information but you forgot about the hand being vertical,!
After I do the rope extentions I disconnect rope and grap the small Round rubber ball just above the cable connection. Grabbing this ball and encapsulating it with your hand in the vertical thumb up pinky down position let's you totally focus on all three heads bringing the details of each of with slow purposeful reps. Great for bringing out all three heads Best detail finishing exercise
Buy an external mic for gods sake
what should be the workout routine for beginners ?
it pains in the front deltoid when i do tricep push down . how to do it properly?
the underhand grip is tough on my wrists
its all about the shoulders – external rotation – I have watched must be 50 vids at least – am totally addicted to his style of explanations, they just get through to me and thats saying something – good all american bloke here – you want these kinds of guys in your regiment – not that Im off to the trenches or anything but just saying.
Another video where Jeff is bang on the money
jeff my name is alex, what kind of exercises can i do for my shoulder. I have a small tear in my rotator cuff. I follow all of your videos and they have helped me out alot. I am 48 years old and l lost of muscle mass since I've hurt my shoulders. I am like jesse in a way a hard gain er. Any good tips so I won't tear it any more thanks. Alex
can you do a video on how to not get tendonitis
Anything that you can tell me about an efficient at home leg workout would be great, also, I am 62 so that plays into it. Thanks.
Thank you this is VERY helpful!