Musculus triceps brachii
The musculus triceps brachii belongs to the arm muscles. It covers the entire backside of the upper arm and is involved in almost all arm motions.
Musculus biceps brachii
The musculus biceps brachii belongs to the arm muscles. It is very popular and symbolic for muscular strength and athletics.
Shoulder presses
Muscle group: The shoulder muscles, the chest muscles, the arm muscles
Trained muscle: Deltoid, Chest muscles, Triceps
Focused muscle: Deltoid
Bench press
Muscle group: The chest muscles, the arm muscles, the shoulder muscles
Trained muscle: Chest muscles, Triceps, Deltoid
Focused muscle: Chest muscles
Lat pulldown
Muscle group: The back muscles, the arm muscles
Trained muscle: Latissimus, biceps, forearm
Focused muscle: Latissimus
Pull-ups
Muscle group: The back muscles, the arm muscles
Trained muscle: Latissimus, biceps, forearm
Focused muscle: Latissimus
Bicep stretch
Bicep stretch isn’t as easy as it sounds. We have to meet all anatomical stretch functions to do so. But usually the biceps doesn’t tend to shortening what makes its stretching much less necessary.
Tricep stretches
Tricep stretches: The long head is the only muscle of the triceps that extends over both, the elbow and the shoulder joint. For that reason this exercise can only stretch the long head of the triceps.