7 Minute Triceps Workout (JUST DUMBBELLS!!)

It is possible to build bigger triceps with a 7 minute triceps workout and a pair of dumbbells if you know how to do it. In this video, I’m going to show you the best triceps exercises you can do with a single set of dumbbells and it can be done anywhere. This is ideal for those that prefer to train at home or cannot get to a gym. The key to why this tricep workout works as well as it does is due to the use of the right exercises to hit every head of the triceps as well as specific intensity principles. The mechanical drop set is one of those techniques. The point of the mechanical drop set is to not make the weight you are using the limiting factor in your ability to continue training the muscle. For instance, if you were to do the first exercise in the workout which is the lying dumbbell extension to failure, you likely would not be able to do any more reps at that point. That is the definition of momentary muscular failure after all. That said, if you quickly changed the position of the dumbbells by varying the exercise, you could theoretically keep the reps coming. That is exactly what happens in this first combination. The lying dumbbell triceps extension is performed to failure and then immediately following that the dumbbells are brought over the chest. This shortens the moment arm on the triceps and lets the weight that you are holding “feel” lighter. With this having occurred you can now rep out some close grip dumbbell presses from the floor and take...