The triceps is a muscle on the back of your upper arm. It is also known as the triceps brachii. The name "tri" comes from the fact that the muscle has three heads: a long head, a side head, and a middle head.
The side and middle heads come out of the upper arm bone (humerus), while the long head comes out of the back of the shoulder blade. The three heads fit into the elbow at the bottom.
Function (what it helps you do)
The triceps is in charge of actions that involve pushing. Here are the things it needs to do:
Shoulder stabilization: lets you lift things over your head Shoulder extension:
lets you move your arms behind your body
With elbow extension, you can move your arm away from you.
When it comes to working out, there are a lot of different reps that can help your triceps. Depending on how you feel, 6–12 reps per set should be enough to keep it pretty fit. If you're new to working out, start with two sets per session and work your way up from there.
Here are 10 terrific triceps exercises:
triceps dip cable pushdown dumbbell kickback barbell skull crusher overhead extension machine with dumbbell skull crusher triceps extension resistance band extension resistance band pushdown while seated EZ bar triceps extension
Which is the stronger muscle?
Even though we use our biceps to show how strong we are, the facts tell a different story.
A 2007 study found that the triceps makes up about 55% of the muscle mass in the upper arm, while the biceps makes up about 30%. Though the triceps is a bit bigger than the biceps, both are important. Also, these muscles work against each other, which means that each one needs the other to work well.
So it's hard to say for sure which of the two muscles is stronger. But a lot depends on which muscles are being used the most.The biceps is on the front of your upper arm, while the triceps is on the back of your upper arm. This is an important, if a little obvious, difference.
Also, the triceps has three muscle heads while the biceps only has two. This makes the triceps a bigger and stronger muscle that makes up about two-thirds of the size of your upper arm.
The last big difference between the triceps and the biceps is that they do different things inside the body. The triceps work to extend the elbow joint and the shoulder (only the long head), while the biceps work to bend the elbow and turn the wrist inward.
Do the triceps have more muscle mass and strength than the biceps?
A weightlifter demonstrating that the triceps are stronger than the biceps. So, do the triceps really measure up to the biceps? In theory, the triceps are twice as big as the biceps because they have three muscle heads (lateral, medial, and long) and the biceps only have two (the long head and the short head).
Since the triceps are usually much bigger than the biceps, it follows that the triceps are also stronger than the biceps. This is because larger muscles have more force output potential, which is another way of saying that a bigger muscle is usually a stronger muscle.
But everyone is different, and it's not that unusual to see someone whose biceps are stronger than their triceps. This could be because bicep exercises are usually easier to do than tricep exercises, and also because bicep exercises are easier on the elbows than tricep exercises.
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