Posts Tagged ‘triceps’
Show Me The Guns
December 4th, 2008 | 
Author: Back in October I mentioned that I received Tony’s One-on-One DVD for “Just Arms” Well, I am getting my act together again and I finally did the workout.
I brought home from the Studio my 6 pounders, 7 pounders and then my 15 pounders. Well, I left the 8 pounders at the studio and I meant to just pick up another set to have at the house. HA!
Tony works the Biceps, Triceps, and the forearms in this video.
Biceps “the two-headed Biceps brachii muscle on the inside of each upper arm.” You know the part on the arm that all the girls look at on a man after they see the washboard ABS. AKA “The Guns”
Okay now here is mine.
I know kind of sad. I really should have taken the picture when I was all pumped up.
Tony breaks the routine up and does one set of Biceps, then one set of Forarms and then one set of Triceps. He then goes back and does that set again. So, you actually do two sets of the exercise. Gives you a chance to make the adjusts on the weights that you need, just like the Bodybuilders do. I was able to do the 15 pretty good. Now, I did not do all the reps, I picked 15 reps to do. That really should be the max, because I am not trying to really get my guns to pop out like most men do, I just want them to be strong.
Tony does about 15 sets of exercises, not just the ones that I mentioned. But he does 3 different exercises 2 times and then does another group. There are some great exercises for the forearms.
The forearms seem like they get left out on most workouts and I am so glad that Tony put them in on this video. Those muscles need to be strong. The forearm contains many muscles, including the flexors and extensors of the digits, a flexor of the elbow (brachioradialis), and pronators and supinators that turn the hand to face down or upwards, respectively.
I found a great website that has some excellent forearm exercises. Go check them out if you are looking for those popeye forearms.
Oh, those Triceps are such a stubborn muscle for me. Did you know it is the tricep that really makes the bicep pop out. You need to work your triceps to get the thickness in your guns. I truly hate those muscles. It seems no matter how hard I work them and keep increasing the weight, they just seem weak. Either I know I need to work them. They help in my push-ups and they are the primary muscles for throwing.
“The triceps is an extensor muscle of the elbow joint, and is an antagonist of the biceps and brachialis muscles. It can also fixate the elbow joint when the forearm and hand are used for fine movements, e.g., when writing.”
“The triceps accounts for approximately 70 percent of the upper arm’s muscle mass.” Yes, you read that correctly.
If you are looking for a great arm workout, then I suggest you grab Tony’s “Just Arms” workout. Now, the DVD said 47 minutes, but I forwarded the tape alot to get the workout in 30 minutes, Tony’s spends alot of time chatting, but in that chatter he has some great information.
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Doubles Week
I switched my routine from the Power 90x lean routine to Power 90x Doubles routine. why? Well, because along with my eyesight I have lost some brain cells along the way.
I thought with every cell in my being that I needed to push my self and add more cardio to my regimen. I do, really, if I want to get rid of the stuff that is covering what many have told me is the rectus abdominis aka six-pack to show, then I am going to have to do more cardio. Yuck! I hate to run. I don’t have time to go to the base and get on the spin bike or treadmill. I know I have said this before in the “What was I thinking” post. Why can’t I just shove an enama up my you know what and just get it over with? No, I couldn’t do that, I guess I will just have to eat bushels of apples, or is that bundles of apples?
Well, I have gone running twice this week. Two times too many this year. I feel alot better and my shins are aren’t talking to me as much. I guess that is good. Now, I was suppose to do my chest, shoulders and triceps on Monday also, but man I was really exhausted after my workout in the morning class. We really did work hard and I did not really want to because I knew I was suppose to do the Power 90x routine. I put it off. So, now I am behind and I did the routine today after my evening classes, which no one came for on Wednesday. Now, I will have to do the back and biceps tomorrow which was suppose to be just YogaX. Well, I have two Yoga classes to teach on Thurdady, so I will do those and figure out if I want to do the back and bicep routine after I have lunch with my friend. You know priorities. :)
I think I will do a little jogging tomorrow again, not too bad so I will keep it up. I will do my back and bicep routine. I really need to get my push-up routine going as well. When am I going to have time for all this blogging and working out? Urgh!
I do have a dead line and I am sticking to it. Just apples and yogurt. Oh, and I found an awesome protein drink too. it has a cinnamon taste to it. I love cinnamon.
No excuses.
