should i train triceps before biceps

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Your tricepsshould always be trained and focused on first before you start exercising and training your biceps. This allows for equal growth for all the muscles in your arms, with supporting muscles that will enable you to grow stronger in a balanced manner.

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Many people recommend not doing both on the same day, as your muscles may be too tired to reach their limit when you start doing your bicep exercises. Your triceps should always be trained and focused on first before you start exercising and training your biceps.

For biceps, the same thing should happen: start with an exercise where you can move the most weight, such as an EZ-curl bar or straight barbell curl, then move to auxiliary exercises afterward. I don’t care how hard you work at your triceps kickbacks, they simply cannot substitute the big-bang exercises.

By flexing the shoulder, you effectively put the long head of the triceps on stretch. My favorite exercises for long head activation are overhead extensions using a dumbbell or rope attachment. While powerlifters have the big triceps, they spend little to no time on their biceps.

The triceps brachii are the muscles on the back of your upper arm – hopefully this comes as no surprise to you. The ‘triceps’ refers to the three individual heads to this muscle group: the medial head, the lateral head and the long head.