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If you’re not looking forward to stripping down to a sleeveless shirt as the weather warms up, now is the time to start incorporating tricep exercises into your workout routine.
Strengthening the triceps can help eliminate that common trouble spot that jiggles when you wave and help you feel more confident in a tank top or bathing suit. But even more important, a strong tricep muscle is vital for performing everyday activities that require any sort of lifting or pulling motion.
The tricep is the muscle behind the arm, opposite of the bicep — and it has three parts. In order to tone and strengthen this muscle, you will need to incorporate exercises into your routine that hit all of these parts.
If the triceps are an area of the body that you’d like to strengthen and tone, there are plenty of exercises that will help you accomplish just that. These are some of my go-to tricep exercises. Repeat each exercise 10 times before moving on to the next. You can turn this into a circuit workout and repeat the entire circuit for three rounds, or add one or more of these exercises into your current arm workout.
Tricep extensions
Standing with your feet as wide as your hips, hold one dumbbell with both hands. Reach the dumbbell overhead. Keeping your biceps still, bend the elbows, keeping them in alignment with the ears, as you lower the dumbbell down along your upper back. Engage your triceps as you reach the weight back up to the starting position.
Tricep dips
Sitting on the ground, place your palms on the ground behind you with your fingers facing your body. Move your butt back toward your hands and press down through your feet to lift your butt up. Keep your knees bent. Bend your elbows straight back to lower down into the dip, then press down through your hands to come up to the starting position.
Tricep pushups
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