Every gym has a guy who has the biggest arms — the man with
the largest biceps and triceps.
Not exact matches
People that want to make their arms huge know that the
triceps are far
larger than the
biceps and they want to take advantage of that, so if they're doing ten sets for their
biceps, they'll do fifteen for the
triceps.
However, smaller muscle groups such as
biceps,
triceps and deltoids are being worked twice a week — one time with a direct workout
and another time with the
larger muscle groups like back
and chest.
Body benefits: «You'll develop your
triceps,
biceps and back muscles with the pulling of every stroke,» notes Wade Blackwood, CEO of the ACA, the oldest
and largest paddlesports organization,
and Team USA Canoe
and Kayak.
Further I found that 4 - 6 sets total per
larger muscle (
biceps, back,
and legs)
and 2 - 3 sets per smaller muscles (
biceps,
triceps,
and delts) produced better results than doing more total sets or fewer total sets.
Arnold trained his
biceps,
triceps,
and his forearms with the same intensity; he constantly said the
triceps are
larger and a lot more complex, so he would spend one - third of his arm workout on
biceps with two - thirds on his
triceps.
Most workouts (traditional gym workouts) deals mainly with certain group of muscles like
biceps,
triceps, deltoid
and hamstrings (or other
larger group of muscles).