Tricep Workouts at Home

Doing tricep workouts will help strengthen your triceps and tone them perfectly. To have perfect looking arms, well toned triceps are an essential element. Here are some easy workouts at home. Performing these would involve none or minimum exercise equipment. Each of these will target your triceps and some will also help strengthen your back muscles.

Tricep Workouts You Can Try

Tricep Dips I
For performing this exercise you need two strong and flat surfaces of equal height like tables or chairs. Sit on the edge of one chair and place your hands to hold the front edge of the seat. Remember that your knuckles must face forward. Now place the back of your ankles on a table or chair in front of you. Now, push yourself off the seat so that your buttocks are suspended in the air, lower them until your arms form a 90 angle. Now push yourself back upward to the starting position. Do not lock straight your elbows. Perform ten reps of this exercise and three sets.

Tricep Dips II
You will need a single bench or chair to perform this exercise. Place your hands on the edge of a secured bench or chair, arms must be straight with a slight bent at the elbows. Keep your feet out as far out as possible in front of you. The bend in your elbows will help workout your triceps. Now take your buttocks off the bench and lower your body towards the floor, keeping your elbows at sides. Lower as much as possible or at least till your arms form a 90 degree angle. Now, slowly push-off yourself back upwards with your arms to be in the initial position. Perform 10 reps of this exercise and three sets.

Tricep Dips III
You need a parallel bar to perform this exercise. Stand in-between the parallel bar and hold it with your hands. Now raise your body upwards so that your arms are extended, with a slight bend at elbows and legs in air. You must bend your legs at knees and interlock your foot over each other. Now your lower leg is parallel to the floor, this is the starting position. Slowly lower your body downwards, keeping your elbows at your sides, legs in the same position as in air. Do not let your elbows out while performing the movements. While you lower yourself, your arms must be in a 90 degree angle at your elbow, back straight and face downwards. Slowly raise your body back up to extend your arms and reach the starting position. Repeat the movement for ten times. Perform 3 sets of this arm exercise.

Tricep Push-ups
To start with the exercise, place your hands on the floor very close to each other and toes touching the floor. Hands must be in line with your shoulder, closer the hands more effective the workout will be. Now lower your body, remember that you have to keep your elbows in to keep all the stress on the tricep muscle. Again push up to come back to the initial position. Remember not to let your elbows turn outwards as in case of push ups done for chest muscles.

Lying Tricep Extenion
To perform this exercise you need a bench and a backpack. Put some heavy objects in the backpack. Now lie flat on the bench and extend your arms to hold the backpack. Place the arms about 8 inches apart on the backpack. Hold this weight directly above your head with your arms extended straight. Just move them a bit backwards so that the backpack is slightly behind your head. Now start by lowering the weight until it is almost in line with your forehead. At this position your arms will form an upside down "V". Now raise the backpack upwards and bring it to the initial position. Repeat the movement for ten times and perform three sets.

Tricep Curl
You can perform this tricep exercise if you have a pair of it at home. Else you can take a bottle filled with water instead of a dumbbell. Stand upright, legs slightly bend at knees and feet shoulder width apart. Hold a dumbbell in one hand and raise your arm straight upwards. Now bend your arm in elbow to form a 90 degree angle, this is the starting position. Now start performing the exercise by bending your elbow to lower the weight behind you. Keep the upper arm steady at your ears. Bring back your arm in the starting position and repeat the movement. Perform 10 reps and switch your arm. Perform three sets of tricep curl, one of the easy tricep workouts.

The aforementioned workouts will definitely help tone up and strengthen your tricpes. Remember to perform them regularly to achieve the results.