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assante74 Posts: 185 Joined: 2001/10/19	2002/12/18, 01:32 PM I was wondering if I could build my triceps up by doing wide grip bench press?
Firehawk734 Posts: 295 Joined: 2002/07/31	2002/12/18, 01:39 PM I believe the further in you go with your hands, the more you work your tri's, therefore the further out you go, the less you work them.
jbennett Posts: 1,558 Joined: 2001/02/28	2002/12/18, 03:48 PM Firehawk is right. The closer your hands are, the more it works your triceps. Close-grip bench with an EZ curl bar is excellent for developing your triceps. -------------- --JBennett "I've up-ed my intensity.... now up yours!" "Pain is only weakness leaving the body." "Never think of how weak you are; think of how strong you're going to be."
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/12/18, 08:44 PM Both are correct, and conversley tricep developement will greatly help your bench! -------------- The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary!
jimtors Posts: 38 Joined: 2002/09/09	2002/12/19, 12:17 AM Absolutely. I have found that the heavier and stronger I get with weighted dips and overhead extensions, the heavier and stronger I am on my bench. Plus big triceps make your arms look huge.
mrmagical Posts: 302 Joined: 2002/12/12	2002/12/20, 04:30 PM Big triceps rule hehe
SRZrasoul Posts: 153 Joined: 2002/07/03	2002/12/22, 01:49 AM just be careful when you work triceps and chest on the same day...especially if you work triceps hard and do bench press after... i did that once, all was well untill. woop. triceps fail without notice cause they're fatigued...uh oh, bench bar stuck on my chest, cant push it up....no one around, had to wait for someone to come by so i could say " excuse me, you mind giving me a hand?" lol
ady Posts: 25 Joined: 2001/11/13	2002/12/23, 03:27 AM i experienced the same thing as SRZrasoul
italian_boxer Posts: 82 Joined: 2005/03/01	2005/03/04, 12:15 AM yeah i think u can, but usualy its the reverse u help your bench press by working your triceps
JustinE22 Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/09/18	2005/03/04, 01:20 PM Dude these posts are 3 years old and 90% of the people in these posts aren't active posters anymore.
nelsonjohn Posts: 63 Joined: 2005/01/10	2005/03/04, 01:34 PM spending a bit too much time in the archives..:laugh:
blue77 Posts: 182 Joined: 2004/10/10	2005/03/14, 10:36 PM wide grip will work your triceps very little if any,try lying french presses on the floor,fill the weight hit the floor behind your head then extend your arms to over your head,
blue77 Posts: 182 Joined: 2004/10/10	2005/03/20, 02:57 AM I would try reverse grip bench presses all so these are a mass maker a good tricep developer.
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2005/03/20, 03:08 AM more rehashed old posts fun fun -------------- I am that which must be feared, worshipped and adored. The world is mine now and forever.No one holds command over me. No man. No god. I am ANIMAL! and that is enough.
	2005/03/20, 04:00 AM italian boxer/blue what is the point responding to this post? this post is super old....i thought we already explained this...
blue77 Posts: 182 Joined: 2004/10/10	2005/03/22, 10:24 PM Your right over an out..........