If you are one of these men who want a fit and in-shape figure, you would need to spend some serious time working out your triceps. Obviously, one needs to do general exercises to address general weight management and weight loss issues, but then considering the fact that more than two-third of the arm is composed of the triceps, there is no way you can ignore the triceps if you want shapely arms and a well built upper body.

A lot of people believe that working out your triceps are not an easy task and will take long to get into shape. This is not true because there are some easy exercises you can do to become fit and have great triceps that will make you look handsome and all so macho.

Some of the best triceps workouts:

• Close grip bench press: This is a great exercise as it allows you the option of doing a heavy routine, and developing the triceps muscles to a very large extent. Here you position yourself like a normal bench press but the place of the hands is at a width equal as your shoulders with the elbows in. Then you make the bar come to yourself at the bottom end and at the top end of the routine, you have the bar above your chest. This is indeed extremely effective and can help you achieve a great triceps shape quite quickly.

• Board press or rack lockouts: These are good power lifting exercises that can be used interchangeably as they generally target the same muscles. These exercises use the top portion of the bench press where the triceps muscles are acted upon to the greatest extent. The rack lockouts are convenient as you can rack the bar and do not need to carry much equipment around in the bag. The board press is also preferred by many power lifters as it is like the bench press but shorter as there is a board placed on the chest. The motion is shorter and places a lot of stress on the triceps and develops these muscles effectively. One can also vary the thickness of the broads for optimal strength.

• Lying French press: This is the best triceps workout which involves extension of the triceps. You can vary the weights from light to heavy weights and workout as per your readiness and specific needs. No need to exert yourself unnecessarily more than what you are ready for. You can use the EZ bar and then keep your hands at the width of a shoulder. Then lower the bar up to your nose and maybe even behind your head. If there is any pain you can choose to keep the bar lower than the head level.

• Close grip: You have to put your hands underneath the chest with thumb tips and index fingers touching so that the space forms a diamond. Then you perform a set of 10 push ups to exercise your triceps.

As you can see, working out your triceps can be done in an easy manner if you know how. Wish you a happy workouts!

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