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Hrumph, there is a lot more to training than the big three lifts.

Frankly, I would work on dips. It has been my experience that dips utilize the triceps much more than bench pressing. straight arm pullovers are another good upper body move that will hit the triceps as well. Granted, neither exercise qualifies as much of an isolation move, but that is what works for me... and I really don't train for physique or hypertrophy, it just kinda happens as a side note to my training.

Well I know dips are great for your tris but you're not going to get far if you're only training your tris. What I was trying to say was train the big movements to get your body in the growing mode and then throw in some extra tri work if you feel thats what you need to really focus on.

IronWorker

Not to pick on you IW...

But stuff like this. I see it a lot. Not sure where the idea came from that you should start with such a bare bones setup. I recognize that most people start on the 90% isolation routines that muscle mags put out there, but going 90% compound isn't necessarily the answer either.

Why so serious? Oh, you know... my time of the month, my parents didn't love me enough, I got sand in my vagina... you pick, they all make me crabby.