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What are the best exercises to build tricep mass.  I have the definition, my nutrition is on point… any suggestions ???

Overhead DB extensions and close grip bench press are my favorite


You could also add: 
>skull crushers with a DB or BB
>weighted Dips
>Tricep kick backs
 
Mix it up,  do:
>low reps
>high reps
>negitives
>drop sets
>rest pause sets
 
Keep your muscles guessing and never do chest before working out your triceps.  You will fatigue them which will prevent you from working to your max
 
 

for dumbbells? uhh i’m thinking either one or two handed behind the head extensions. i think for triceps however the best mass builder is close grip bench…not a dumbbell tho lol

I agree, I am a big fan of the close grip bench press, Over head ext, and dips

Rolling Press (rolling skull) got my tricept strong enoough for the heavy lifts

Using dumbbells, I recommend dumbbell skull crushers.  Start at the top holding the dumbbells with your palms facing each other.  As you bend your elbows to lower the weights, turn your hands slowly so that your pinkies are facing each other when you are the bottom of the movement.  Press back up and turn the dumbbells the opposite way so that you are back to the original position at the finish.  This is great to help hit all three heads of the tricep.

I like CG declines, multi-grip bar, and rolling DB extensions.

Close Grip Bench Press

I tried something called the tricep latter… it was awesome!
 
On a smith machine place the bar on the second to last level.
 
Do 10 close grip tricep pushups. 
 
Then move the bar up one level and do another 10 close grip pushups.  Repeat this going up 1 level 2-3 more times.
 
Killer tricep burn out…
 

Take the E Z bar and do 21’s with skull crushers.  7 full, 7 half, 7 the other half.  The next week do skull crushers with the E Z bar and load it with 5 pound plates or whatever you want to use, and go intel you cant go anymore, then your buddies take off one plate and then you go intel you cant, and so on intel you get to the bar, then go all the way back up!!!!!!!  this shit is hard but will give you the biggest PUMP you have ever seen or felt.  2012

I use the push-pull approach to weight train. On the push day I train chest, shoulders and finally triceps.  By the time I start training the triceps directly they have had a good workout contributing to movements in training the chest and shoulders. Therefore, I do only two exercises for the triceps…a compound exercise and an isolation exercise for 3 sets each.  The three triceps muscles, long head, lateral head, and medial head are not a massive muscle group.  My main concern in training the triceps is to develop symmetry with the biceps and other muscle groups.
I prefer to use the barbell for developing triceps mass.  My favorite is the close grip bench press. Compound exercises are great for building muscle mass. I use dumbbell for various isolation exercises for the triceps. Isolation movements enhance the mind to muscle connection for a particular muscle. After the compound exercise I can concentrate on triceps with an isolation exercise to pull the muscles farther.
 

I like your push pull approach… It makes alot of sense because you are using your triceps during chest and shoulders…
 
Do you ever do isolation exercises with your chest and shoulders or just small muscle groups like triceps and biceps?
 
I change up my days; some days I focus on compound exercises and other days i super set (same muscle group) compound and isolations exercises..  
 

hey randomluck, who is your favorite bodybuilder?

I alternate my workouts between a heavy week and a moderate week. On the heavy week I concentrate on compound exercises for the large muscle groups doing four sets with 6 to 8 reps at 80% to 85% of one rep max for two to three compound exercises. The compound exercises are followed by an isolation exercise only for the quadriceps and leg biceps. For the moderate week I increase the reps to 10 to 15 with the same number of sets at 65% to 75% of one rep max for the compound exercises. I add an isolation exercise for the back, chest and shoulders.
For the biceps and triceps the heavy week routine is a compound exercise followed by an isolation exercise. Sets are three for each exercise.  For the moderate week I only do an isolation exercise for the biceps and triceps.
I think the alternating between a heavy week and a moderate week enables me to concentrate on myofibrillar hypertrophy and sarcoplasmic hypertrophy respectively.

I have no favorite bodybuilder. I try to learn something from professional and amateur bodybuilders.  I was inspired by John Grimek and Arnold [/b]Schwarzenegger when I started bodybuilding. I learned a lot of old school training techniques from reading articles by John Grimek in the old Ironman magazines. Arnold was a model for perseverance and determination in training. Arnold’s books and magazine articles were sources for training information.

sweet, that sounds good, thats great you take a little something from those bodybuilders.  are you a pro?  do you compete with any of the guy like wolf, dexter or cutler? 

I’m no way near a pro…not even a natural pro.  I’m too old and I never had the genetics to be a natural pro or otherwise.  I just enjoy the results of bodybuilding training…it’s the foundation of young and it’s great for your physique.  The bodybuilders you mention, I respect their work ethics.   I don’t try to follow their training routines for obvious reasons. My supplements are from natural sources.