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What's up, guys? This is Donovan Green from Razor Hybrid Fitness. Today, I'm going to talk
about tricep press downs. I know a lot of guys that want to get your triceps right, the girls too.
When you're saying bye bye, you don't want to have that extra double flab saying bye bye
along with your arms, right? I hear that a lot as a personal trainer and
as a personal fitness coach.
Well, I'm going to try to correct some basic movements that I see a lot of people do in the gym,
and you're not doing them the right way. You're not getting the efficient amount of contraction
you need to get. And, that's the key, guys, is to really remember to squeeze the crap out of
those muscles that you're working. And, also using visualization. If you cannot visualize the
muscle that's being used, then you will not get the results that you need. You're just, basically,
going through the motions.
So, behind me, I have the rope. And, I'm going to demonstrate a move that I see a lot in the
gym. And, people say they're hitting their triceps, but in reality, you're mostly hitting your
shoulders. So, here we go. As you're doing this, I see people moving their shoulders, and your
arms are moving along with the back. So, this is not really working triceps. Now you're
working back and biceps and triceps and every other muscle group that you shouldn't be
working, if your intent is only to isolate the triceps. But, if you're working toward every muscle
group from back and chest-and that's okay. But, if you want to isolate, this is what I need for
you to do:
First of all, you want to have your elbows locked directly to the side of your body. And, the
only thing that you want to visualize is, pretend you have a pin, a long pin or a bolt. Maybe this
is too big, but visualize I'm pushing this through my arms, and it's locking my arms from
doing this. I can no longer do that. So, visually it's now locked. It's now trapped, can't move.
So, what I want to do is, focus from here across here, and extend down here.
That's the move right here.
Another thing is to get a full stretch. Come up a little past 90, and press down. You don't have
to come all the way up, but you want to also stretch that muscle. So from here, everything is
locked. Remember that pin is in the shoulder, and I'm pressing straight down, coming up here,
back down again. And, if you look at the triceps that I'm working, you can see that I'm
contracting or squeezing those muscles, and the entire time. It's not about heavy weights. Right
now, I'm using about 40 pounds, yeah, 40 pounds. It's not 60 pounds, and it's allowing me to
keep my form perfect, while I'm doing my tricep press downs.
Very basic movement, nothing complex. There's no need to make it more difficult than it really
is. Just remember, any muscle group that you're working, you want to make sure to isolate that
muscle group and visually see the muscle you're working. All right guys, this is Donovan
Green coming to you from Razor Hybrid Fitness. And, I'll see you again. Later.
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