Single best triceps builder in your experience ?

[jks1]

Which exercise would you cite as being the single most productive mass building triceps movement youve ever utilised ?

 

[woodswise]

I like dips and banded triceps pressdowns and have had some good growth in my triceps the past couple years using those.

 

[JC3]

French press or similar overhead work mixed with close grip, elbows tucked, bench presses seem to give me the best results.

 

[Kimm4]

Close grip bench, weighted dips and some type of overhead ext would be my choices.

 

[Ramrod]

Close Grip Bench or on Floor and Skull Crushers for Mass Builders.

As for Finishers.. Rope Pressdowns banded or Cable have always been my go too.

 

[BrotherIron]

Close grip bench and floor press

 

[rAJJIN]

Skull crushers

 

[Pawghunter]

This answer my seem weird but strict overhead presses always have seemed to pack some meat onto my triceps. I hold the bar narrower than a standard bench grip. An inch or 2 inside the rings.

 

[HGH]

reverse grip bench press. twice as good as the next best thing.

 

[JR Ewing]

My favorite would be weighted dips with elbows in... IF your shoulders are in good shape.

Close second would be heavy medium-narrow bench press with elbows in, grip slightly less than shoulder width.

I also like seated overhead triceps extensions, done with either a single heavy dumbbell or an ez-bar. I either use a an upright bench with a back rest for the db extensions, or sometimes use another piece of equipment at the gym that has a bench at a slight incline, and has a front support to rest a barbell/ez bar.

 

[Mike_RN]

For Strength: JM Press
For Size: Swiss Bar (Neutral Close grips) Bench Press and V-bar pushdowns.

 

[Pawghunter]

I have tried skull crushers and I'm presses but that always seems to cause pain in my elbows. Other then pull downs I try not to let my forearm be anything other than perpendicular to the ground. Any other position causes pain. Like I mentioned before the strict presses always seemed to work, also bench, close grip bench, board presses and floor presses always seem to help the triceps. I guess many of the variations of pressing have always returned the most gain with the least pain.