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The 30 Most Powerful Arm Exercises For Titanic, Toned Arms

 

Arms Exercise 26: French Press


How To:

Primary Muscles: Triceps

  • Sit on a bench and raise a barbell overhead with an overhand grip. Your hands should be slightly narrower than shoulder width.
  • Keep your upper arms in place, maintain a tight core and lower back, bend your elbows, and slowly lower the weight until your forearms are below parallel.
  • Powerfully contract your triceps and press the weight overhead. Hold 1s and repeat.

 

Video Demo — French Press

 

 

Arms Exercise 27: Cable Rope Triceps Extension


How To:

Primary Muscles: Triceps

  • Stand at a cable station with a rope attachment.
  • Pin your upper arms into your sides and powerfully pull the rope down, squeezing your triceps for 1s at the bottom. Stand up tall without leaning forward.
  • Slowly raise the rope back up to start and repeat.

 

Video Demo — Cable Rope Triceps Extension

 

 

Arms Exercise 28: Cable Rope Biceps Curl


How To:

Primary Muscles: Biceps, Brachialis

  • Stand at a cable station with a rope attachment.
  • Pin your arms into your sides and powerfully curl your arms upward into your chest. Squeeze the contraction for 1s at the top.
  • Lower to full extension. Repeat.

 

Video Demo — Cable Rope Biceps Curl

 

 

Arms Exercise 29: One Arm Cable Triceps Kickbacks


How To:

Primary Muscles: Triceps

  • Stand at a cable station bent over at 45º.
  • Brace your body with your left hand and grab a cable with your right hand, raising your upper arm so that it’s parallel with the floor.
  • Powerfully contract your triceps, extending your forearm back until it forms a straight line with the rest of your arm.
  • Squeeze the contraction for 1s, slowly return back to start, and repeat.

 

Video Demo — One Arm Cable Triceps Kickback

 

 

Arms Exercise 30: One Arm Reverse Cable Triceps Extension


How To:

Primary Muscles: Triceps

  • Grab a handle at a cable station with an underhand grip.
  • Tuck your elbow into your side, pull the cable down, and squeeze your triceps.
  • Hold the contraction for 1s at the bottom and slowly raise to start. Repeat.

 

Video Demo — One Arm Reverse Cable Triceps Extension

 




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.
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