How much direct triceps work do you do?

[DKD]

Inspired by the related biceps thread, i thought I'd ask how often, and what type, of triceps work you do.

I've recently gone off skullcrushers.....did them for ages, but started to get a bit worried about elbow health from what i read and what i was feeling during workouts. I can't do bench or OH press, so CGBP is also out of the equation. I mucked around with pushdowns for a while, I'll prob get back into them.

My main tricep work atm is chest dips...so it's not direct tricep work, but i figure it's a compound movement, might as well hammer it for all its worth. I do about 5-6 sets 1-2 times a week. I've never bothered doing dips in the upright manner to focus on tris...much prefer the forward lean, elbows wide version.

In the past ive done bench dips a few times (with feet up on a chair)....felt pretty good tbh...could really feel it in tris, shoulders and chest.

 

[kaz]

Chest dips with powerband assistance and weighted bench dips. I could work arms and shoulders ALL day

 

[dandexter]

I do a lot of pressing, there is no need after that for any isolated tricep work.

 

[Shrek]

Pretty much just dips for me lately.

 

[Darkoz]

8 sets once a week, same as any other muscle group

 

[Brick]

Since I setup a home gym I only press and dip but I definitely miss rope push downs I think they have great carry over for the bench. Most other direct tri work like skull crusher, cg bp etc seem to play havoc with my shoulder.

 

[ener]

4x8 of tricep pushdowns, either with the flat bar or the rope. (A/B/A - B/A/B workout)

 

[Goosey]

For the last 30 odd years it has come from dipping and pressing.

Other exercises; variations of the bench press, pushdowns and the like have come and gone throughout my workout life.

The dip, chin-up, ab roller and curl were the first exercises I was shown when I was 16' I did these at work in my lunch break, I've never stopped dipping.

 

[walt]

dips with body upright, skull crushers

I lack long head development

 

[dave]

Overhead tricep extensions. Normally do Dips as my main upper body push but due to injury all I have is OTE.

 

[0ni]

Just rope cable pushdowns really
Helps with recovery

 

[Gunner]

Tricep Extensions. I also do weighted dips but higher reps for size rather than strength

 

[KungFooGoo]

Dips, OHP and my bench grip is fairly narrow. Thats about it though.

 

[RyanF]

Just like biceps, I don't normally do any triceps isolation work. Bench and overhead press seem to do the job just fine.

 

[callan]

overhead tricep extension, generally twice a week. to bench MOAR

 

[Eman]

I'll train them once or twice a week usually. Normally start off on 3 sets of dips, then OTE, then finish up on ropes.

 

[Tregs]

Once a week for me on same day as my curls lol Hey curls gets the girls haha

 

[ae86]

at one stage my biceps were really showing and no tri's atall so i ended up training them hard for the past few months i do weighed dips, tricep pressdowns, skullcrushers and tricep overhead extension/tricep kickbacks

 

[dandexter]

This week I did a total of 280 military press reps, I doubt my tricep's need any more work.