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Tricep involvement

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Have you ever wondered about those 3 heads of the triceps?

Well no, me neither.

But you do have this muscle on the back of the upper arm that people like to do a whole heap of exercises for. The three heads all work slightly differently and this chart shows what exercises recruit what heads the most.
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great info tim! what about CG bench?
 
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They didn't measure it as they were using MRI. Basically the MRI was only able to be used for the limbs and they eliminated a lot of compound exercises for arms, but surprisingly not the legs.
 
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hehe fair enough, would be cool to find out how the compounds go
 
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Thanx. Have you got charts for other bodyparts?
 
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yes. I'll post them at some stage.
 
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Good info here. I like the chart
 
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From now on I'll do one-arm triceps extentions every day. lulz.
 
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great info !!! thanks for sharing bro :tiphat:
 

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I posted more. Plus kn09 posted the entire book in the training section.
 

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