Workout Finisher: The Tricep Exercises to Triple Your Size

Top off your workout with these tricep exercises to add mass to your arms.

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Stuck with noodle arms? Your triceps account for about 3/4 of your arm, so it's about time to put some real work in on them. Adding these finishers to the end of your workouts will give them the beating they need. Now watch them grow! 

For these particular finishers you can expect to hit your triceps with a completely different rep and set scheme, increase blood flow and maximize muscle growth.

Warning: Don't do them after every workout. Over a 3-week period, focus on one muscle group, adding a finisher like this to your workout 1/2 to 3/4's of the days you're training.

Finisher 1

Cable Pushdown Burnout Set

Reps: 1 set of 50

Tempo: Fast on both the concentric and eccentric contractions.

Squeeze and hold for 1 second at the end of the exercise and use a very light weight. If you fail before 50, rest for 5 seconds and continue.

Finisher 2

Burnout Giant Set

Starting with a heavier exercise, then dropping down to lighter and lighter weights. It's essentially a 3-phased drop set using different movements.

A1. Dips - 25 reps

A2. Skull Crushers - 25 reps

A3. Seated Dumbbell Triceps Press - 25 reps