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May 17 2009

New Rock Your Body Workout 5: Triceps press up

This is part 5 of the new Rock your body workout and this is another compound exercise for your triceps, shoulders and chest.

The triceps is a three-headed muscle, made of the lateral, the long, and the medial head. The most visible part of your triceps is the lateral head which responds only to heavy resistance. If you have a problem with flabby triceps, you have to engage in heavy weight training. The best exercises for triceps development are presses and dips. The close grip presses put more emphasis on the triceps muscles and keeping the elbows close to your body will target all heads of the triceps evenly. For more recruitment of the lateral head, point the elbows away from the body.

Lie on the bench or step keeping a natural arch in your back, feet flat on the ground, and your elbows bent close to your body. Inhale and push the dumbbells up, extending your arms vertically. Exhale at the top of the movement and return to the initial position with a controlled movement.

Make sure that you are tensing your triceps through out the entire set. Don’t rest between the reps only between the sets for a very short time.

Best,
Zuzana.

  • Girly

    Thank you Zuzana for your dedication!

    Should I do all this workouts one after another (#1,2….etc) or should I split them?

  • Zuzana – BodyRock.Tv

    Hi Girly that is up to you

  • http://bodyrock.tv Tania

    Hey Zuzana,

    Once again an awesome routine! I have a question I hope you will answer. What is the best excercise to target the area of your buttocks where the buttocks connects with the thighs near the inner thigh. I do lunges, squats, sumo squats etc… And I never feel any significant muscle soreness or for that matter any results. PLEASE advice!

  • Charles

    Thank you again Zuzana. How long should I hold the tensing at the top of the exercise? It seems to be working for you so well throughout your exercise.

  • Zuzana – BodyRock.Tv

    Hi Tanie, muscle soreness is not an indicator of a good workout. We don’t know yet what causes the post exercise muscle soreness, however here are 3 leading theories. It might be due to connective tissue damage, skeletal muscle damage or reflex muscular spasm caused by restriction of blood supply to the muscle. All those exercises that you have named are targeting your butt and inner thighs.

  • Karel

    Ahoj Zuzano,
    Ty jsi proste jednicka ! Postupne projdu tvoje videa a zacnu rekonstruovat svoji figuru, uplne jsi me do toho vtahla a konecne zacnu. Videl jsem take jedno tvoje video o vyuce na inlinech. Mohla by jsi mi prosím napsat, kde najdu vsechna ? Rad bych se to take naucil a zacinam na nich ucit i svoji ctyrletou dceru a mohlo by mi to hodne pomoci, abych ji to neucil spatne. Promin mi tu cestinu, ale uz z prvniho videa jsem poznal, ze jsi z cech a to jsem jeste nevedel tvoje krasne jmeno. Pokud se tedy nezlobis a budes mi chtit pomoci, uprimne to uvitam. Moc dekuji a tesim se na odpoved. K.

  • Zuzana – BodyRock.Tv

    Ahoj Karle, ja mam jen jedno video kde jezdim na inlinech a to byla spis takova legrace. Ja sama na nich moc dobre jezdit neumim. Ani to video nemam na strankach, jen na youtube. Se nezlob, ale bohuzel s timhle ti neporadim. Jinak dik ze jsi napsal, doufam ze ti ostatni videa na mych strankach budou k uzitku.

  • Sara

    Hi!

    I really like your videos, so thanks a lot for posting them! I just noticed that the old Rock your body workout is gone??? And i was wondering why this was, and if they’re going to come up again?

  • david

    on all these new workout is it for just one day or for separate days, hopefully you understand, time to workout, bye thanks

  • Kat

    I did this workout– exactly as you designed– and I am in pain. And that was 2 days ago. I feel so sore and down and I haven’t been able to do anything else. I don’t know what happened. Are you sure it’s good to do all these reps? I thought if you lift heavy its better to go with fewer reps. Why is there so much conflicting advice?

  • Zuzana – BodyRock.Tv

    HI Sara, some videos won’t longer be on the site. The old rock your body workout is one of them.

  • Liva

    Hi zuzana!
    waht do you think about L_carnitine?
    Does that really works to reduce cellulitis?
    I have this problem on my thighs…should I just exercise more???

  • Zuzana – BodyRock.Tv

    If you have a pain, you should do some light aerobic workouts to help your muscles with recovery and to get rid of the muscle soreness. This happens especially to people who haven’t been active for some time.

  • Zuzana – BodyRock.Tv

    HI Liva, L-carnitine won’t help you with cellulite and apparently not even with fat loss. Proper diet and exercise is the whole magic.

  • http://bodyrock.tv Tanya

    Hi Zuzana,

    Why are you removing some of the videos? I loved the old rock your body workout.
    And what other videos will be gone?

    Regards

  • Zuzana – BodyRock.Tv

    I got rid of it because the new one is better and I will be updating with much better workouts anyway. sorry :)

  • http://cz Milous

    Hi Zuzana ahoj Zuzi mas hezky stranky ze se taky neozves doufam ze se mas dobre drzim palce at ti to jde od ruky fakt se mi libi co delas asi pekna makacka vid koukej se taky ozvat kamaradovy…mej se hezky a hodne stesti v BodyRock.Tv…M.K

  • TIna

    Hi Zuzana,

    You are very inspiring. Was just wondering what your height and weight is and also, is there ever a chance you will post a sample of your typical daily menu/eating plan?

    thanks so much~

  • Stephen

    Hi Zuzana,

    I have a question which I think you addressed tangentially in another thread, but I’m hoping you would expand on your answer.

    You said, “I have learned that it is another fitness myth that you shouldn’t be working the same muscle groups everyday…If you do one day heavy weight workout with low rep range, the next day you should work with lighter weights and do more reps and sets. This way your muscles will be forced to recover and faster pace without getting overtrained.”

    I also have always thought it a myth that the same muscle group should not be worked back to back days. I currently aim for failure at approximately 10 reps for large muscle groups, (exercises like bench, pull-downs etc.), which means using weight quite a bit above my own body weight. My question is: would it help to back off on the weight with more reps every other day, given that I don’t experience soreness?

    Thanks,
    Stephen

  • Zuzana – BodyRock.Tv

    Hi Stephen, varying the intensity from day to day suppose to help to get faster results.The proper training load depends on your fitness goal. Training to failure for example is not a good strategy if your objection is to gain strength. You will burn fat and gain muscle size tho.

  • Renata

    Zuzko,
    diky tobe me ted boli cele telo. ;-).
    Nasla jsem te na youtube a celou dobu si rikam, ze tvuj accent musi byt cesky.
    Dneska jsem se rozhodla, ze ti napisu a podekuji ti za tva videa a k memu prekvapeni jzem nasla spoustu comments v cestine.

    Tak jeste jednou dekuji. Tva videa jsou velice ucinne. Jak uz jsem se zminila, boli me cele telo.
    Cau

  • Zuzana – BodyRock.Tv

    Ahoj Renco,

    Nemas zac :) Diky za comment.

  • Zuzana – BodyRock.Tv

    HI Tina, I am planning to post all that soon.

  • I.M.

    Hy Zuzana,
    I need your help!!! I just got my Accu-Measure caliper and I measured myself. According to Accu-Measure and it’s measurement chart(which needs measure only from one place-suprailliac) my body fat percentage is 22.3%. When I measure myself in three places like you explained and enter that measurements in formula my body fat is 35%,and if I put measurements from that exact three places in formula -Percent Body Fat = 0.41563 (Sum of Three Skinfolds; triceps, abdomen, suprailiac) – 0.00112 (Sum of Three Skinfolds)2 + 0.03661 (Age) + 4.03653, my body fat is 29,6%! I don’t know what to do!!!!!?? I’m 168 cm tall,74 kg,and measurements taken with Accu-Measure: abdominal-30mm, suprailliac-24mm, Quadriceps-30mm and triceps-20mm.
    Please advise!!!!
    I.M.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=646980665 Angie

    Hi Zuzana,

    I was wondering, how long do you workout in a day and how do you balance it with other daily activities?

    Angie

  • Martha

    Hi Zuzana I adore your website and have used many of your videos to fine tune my workouts. I have a ‘off topic’ question. I really like your workout clothes. Can you tell in specific what brand your black and white striped (with black mesh) tank is? Thanks for all your tips! Awesome!

    Martha

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    Hi Zuzana,

    I was wondering how many days a week should I workout and how long and are these exercises good for beginners?

    Shawn

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  • Haylie

    Is it true that you have to consume protein 30 minutes before you lift weights?

  • Stephanie Biggs

    The Triceps workout is awesome. I can feel the burn and i am just loving it. During this video i figure out a new workout position. I am not sure if is good or if you have done something similar. My body was flat and my knees bent with feet flat on the floor. I raised my head and pointed my chin like in Workout for Absolute Beginners 5/6, the last workout. I took one weight in both hands and lifted them above my head and then i bring the weight behind me head and then back up. Keeping my elbows as steal as possible. The burn was good so i am passing on the information. I did all 5 of the Workout for absolute beginners and the triceps today and had a great workout. Thanks

    Stephanie Biggs

  • Hana

    Ahoj Zuzi líbí se mi tvoje cvicení ,ale nemužu je najít nikde v čestine ,nemužeš mi poradit dekuji Hanka

  • http://www.bodyrock.tv/ Zuzana – BodyRock.Tv

    Ahoj Hanko,

    bohuzel nase stranky a videa jsou jen v Anglictine.

  • http://www.goodbyecellulitelehgs.com Janis

    Everyone wants to look fit and trim but don’t want to pay the dues that go along with looking like that. Diet and exercise not only keeps you lean but helps you to stay young also.

  • Lulu

    Zuzana, I really want to do this summer fit program, but I’m not sure of how much weight do I need -I never really weight-lifted- and I haven’t got the step, is it truly necessary?

    I’m sorry for the ignorance,

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