Talk:Triceps brachii muscle

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[edit] What's a "head" when it comes to a muscle?

Its where the muscle "originates". In anatomy muscles are said to arise from the the core of the body and insert away from it. So in the case of triceps, the heads arise from the shoulder region and insert into the ulna, which is further away from the body core than the shoulder.

[edit] Copyright?

[1]--Light current 21:14, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Closer Grip?

Using a closer grip stabilizes the arm allowing more weight to be used, so the triceps can be worked harder without being limited by the strength of the pectorals or shoulders.

Could somebody expand or cite a reference to this quote from the article? My experience has led me to believe that while using a closer grip does in fact work the triceps harder, LESS weight must be used. The (male) body generally can lift more weight in compound movements when using the chest and shoulders primarily than when using primarily the arms (as is the case with the close grip). The quote implies that somehow the pectorals and shoulders are limiting the effectiveness of press type exercises. The male body should have stronger pectorals. I'm not sure if females are different in this regard. Perhaps it is referring to using a closer grip in relation to very wide grips (far out from shoulder width), which from my experience is not common. If I am correct this part of the article could be very misleading to someone intending to work this muscle using weights.

- I have to agree, if you use a closegrip on say, benchpress, you're gonna use alot more triceps and less chest muscles. In a normal benchpress your triceps is just a synergist, in a close grip the chestmuscle becomes a synergist and your triceps can't push up what your chest normally does. I'd also like to ask for somebody to edit in that the compound exercices described aren't to be used to train your triceps, just in a case of a person new to bodybuilding reading around on wikipedia. Also, straight arm pulldown does not affect the triceps in any way, it works your lats(though I don't see the point of a straight arm pulldown anyway, since you minimise the movement of your lats) and a bend over lateral raise or a pullover doesn't train your triceps, they just lock your arm in a straight position, it's called a stabilizer in that case.Fod_ 15:41, 28 October 2007 (UTC)