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The 30 Most Powerful Arm Exercises For Titanic, Toned Arms

 

Arms Exercise 6: Closed Grip Bench Press


Closed Grip Bench Press

How To:

Primary Muscles: Chest, Triceps

  • Hold a barbell with a narrow overhand grip, slightly narrower than shoulder width (about 1 foot apart).
  • Slowly lower the barbell and glide your triceps along your side — stop once your arms are slightly below parallel with your torso.
  • Powerfully contract your triceps and chest, and press the barbell upward. Repeat.

 

Video Demo — Closed Grip Bench Press

 

 

Arms Exercise 7: Overhead Triceps Press


Overhead Triceps Press

How To:

Primary Muscles: Chest, Triceps

  • Sit on a bench and grab a dumbbell so that your palms face up and are pressed against the inside of the top disc. Rest the dumbbell on your chest while positioning your hands.
  • Tighten your abs, maintain a straight back, and extend the dumbbell directly overhead — this is starting position.
  • Keep your upper arms stationary, bend your elbows, and slowly lower the dumbbell behind your head until it’s slightly below parallel. Keep your elbows tucked in close to your head — resist the pull to extend outward.
  • Contract your triceps, press the dumbbell overhead, and squeeze the contraction for 1 second at the top. Repeat.

 

Video Demo — Overhead Triceps Press

 

 

Arms Exercise 8: Dips / Bench Dips


Primary Muscles: Triceps

 

How to — Dips:
  • Contract your triceps and press yourself upwards on a parallel bar — this is starting position.
  • Slowly bend your elbows and lower your torso until your upper arms are parallel with the floor. Squeeze your triceps and chest, and press back up to start. Repeat.

 

How to — Bench Dips:
  • Bench dips are an easier variation of traditional dips. Grab two level platforms — place your feet on one, with your arms fully extended on another, so that your body forms a flat bridge. You can also do this with your feet on the floor.
  • Bend your elbows and slowly lower your torso until your upper arms are parallel with the floor. Powerfully contract your triceps and return up to start,

 

 

Triceps Dips

 

Bench Dips

 

Arms Exercise 9: The Push Up Burnout Circuit


Primary Muscles: Chest, Triceps

 

How to:
  • The Push Up Burnout Circuit consists of 100 reps back-to-back, split into the following 4 exercises: Decline Swiss Ball Push Ups, Incline Push Ups, Spiderman Push Ups, Diamond Push Ups.
  • View the complete write-up and instructions here.

 

The Push Up Burnout Circuit

 

Arms Exercise 10: Reverse Barbell Curls


Reverse Barbell Curls

How To:

Primary Muscles: Biceps, Brachialis

  • Hold a barbell with an overhand grip at shoulder width.
  • Pin your arms into your side, contract your biceps, and slowly raise the barbell up to your chest — you should feel a contraction in your forearms.
  • Squeeze for 1s and lower to full extension. Repeat.

 

Video Demo — Reverse Barbell Curls

 




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Bryan DiSanto

Bryan DiSanto

Owner & Editor-in-Chief at Lean It UP
Bryan DiSanto is the Owner & Editor-in-Chief of Lean It UP, a culinary student at Le Cordon Bleu – Paris, an ACE-CPT & CSN, NYU graduate, ex-fat kid, and all-around fitness/nutrition nutjob.

He also contributes to Men's Health Magazine.

When he’s not working on his (or somebody else’s) abs, whipping up Eggocados, or running a Tough Mudder, he’s probably off yelling at a Carolina Panthers game somewhere.
Bryan DiSanto

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