Secret Training Tip #235 - The Most Powerful Tricep Workout
That You Will EVER Do
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This exercise can be done almost anywhere. This example uses an Olympic bar set across the safety rails of a squat rack.

• You can use a Smith machine bar, the handles of a bench press station, a table, a railing, etc.
• Basically anything you can get a grip on and stick your head under!

Be sure to keep your abdominals and lower back tight during this movement as all the tension of suspending your bodyweight will be taken up by the midsection area.

Lower your body down so that your head ducks under the bar.

• Keep your elbows tucked in close to your body.
• They will have a tendency to flare out to the sides so you need to concentrate on this for optimum results.

You make this exercise easier or harder by where you place your feet (closer to the bar is easier, further away is harder).

This exercise is an amazing experience in working a muscle hard in it's most stretched position. I guarantee you will feel this one in the morning!

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• This is the easiest position to place your feet when doing bench dips.
  
  
• Note how the knees are bent about 90 degrees and the feet are relatively close to the bench.
  
  
• This position allows you to support much of your bodyweight with your legs during the movement.

• This position is next in difficulty.
  
  
• Your legs are extended straight out in front of you. Your feet are far away from the bench.
  
  
• Be sure to keep your back fairly close to the bench during the movement even though your legs are stretched further out.

• This position puts the greatest tension on your triceps without added weight.
  
  
• You may even wish to place your feet even higher up than this.
  
  
• After this point, you will need to add resistance either in the form of a partner pushing down on your shoulders as you push back up or with weight on your lap.