How many pounds should i start to lift to get big tricep muscle?

Question

my biceps seems to be the only thing growing on my arms and i need the other parts to get bigger.

Answer 1

My coach taught me a technique called Towel Bench.

You wrap a bunch of towels together until you have about a 12' roll of towels.  Put duck tape around them to keep it all together.  Now stack about 20LB MORE then you normally can max bench.  If your max bench is 100lb then put on 120lb.

Now place the wrapped towels on your chest and allow the bar to only come down about half way.  The towel will help you bounce it back up again.

This technique will train your muscles to get used to very heavy weight.  You will see your bench max SKYROCKET in a month using this technique.  

To get bigger muscles you must make your muscles work beyond what they can already do.  This stretches the muscle and stimulates it to grow much bigger.

WARNING:  Do not do 20 reps of towel bench on the first time you do it or your arms will be so soar they will be ready to fall off the next day.  Start slow and work up to high reps

First week:

5 reps x 5 times with a one minute rest period

Second week 5 reps x 5 sets

third week 10 to 15 x 3 sets

Good luck!

Answer 2

The pounds isn't necessarily what's going to get you big triceps.  You must "stress" the muscle to get it to grow.  It is not about the weight.  There are people who have large "tri's" but don't lift a lot of weight and vice versus.  As a "retired" powerlifter, I would say my "tri's" aren't as big as others, but they lift a lot more weight - so forget about the weight.  Lifting too heavy can be damaging - placing you at risk for injury.  Start with a comfortable weight and work your way up.  Place your focus on your form so that you correctly stress the muscle to maximize it's growth.  Going too heavy not only puts you at risk for inury but can also sacrifice your form resulting in less than maximal stress and less than ideal or optimal muscle growth.

Answer 3

Push-ups are very good. But most people think of the simple ones, but there are many different types of push-ups that work different parts of your upper body. Wide, Regular, Diamond, Feet elevated, one-handed, all of these work different parts of the chest/arms. And you will find yourself using muscles you didn't even know you had.  

Answer 4

dont think "how many pounds" just start with w/e feels right. just do bench press,dips,pushups and more to get bigger tris