[colonel-angus]

For me personally, Good Morning's are really dangerous. I've always had a bad back, so bending like that does horrible things to my spinal cord.

[comanderofkool]

I've always had a bad feeling about those tricep extensions. I've avoided them all my life for no particular reason. I'm glad I did now that I find out they're bad for my arms!

[Habdel Yabir]

I too dabbled in tricep extensions for a while, then felt extremely betrayed when I discovered that they are destructive to the well-being of my elbows. How disgusting.

[jaime]

I'd never heard of any of this before. I'm glad you guys informed me before it was too late!

[Muscleman]

Originally Posted by Danielle

I've been reading The Core Program book and the author lists a few exercises to avoid. One was overhead tricep extensions. The author, Peggy Brill, states that this exercise can cause shoulder impingement and joint dysfunction. Okay, I'm with her on this--overhead tricep extensions have never felt right with me and I've avoided them for years.

Another exercise she says to avoid is the overhead dumbbell press because it can injury due to too much compression on the shoulder joints. This is another exercise that hasn't felt too right with me--I can only lift light weight on this one or else my shoulders ache, but I still do because it's a staple exercise. What's your take on the overhead dumbbell press? Good or bad? I really like the info in this book, but am kind of shocked by this last bit of info.

dainielle my freind has the same problem with his tricept workouts, when he was a kid he tore his rotator cuff and it just hasnt been the same since. he cannot even incline bench without his shoulder hurtind him fomr this. a great alternate workout for tricepts is overhead skullcrushers.

[MOOSE]

I don't know bout you guys but I find that most dangerous exercises tend to bring out the best results, maybe cos your so afraid of hurting yourself you tend to concentrate more on both the extension & contraction and it doesn't seem to take much to get a good burn on fewer reps. I think any excessive movement involving the shoulders can be potentially dangerous. I use overhead tri extensions as one of my main movements and have never had any problems. in fact I once hurt my shoulder doing a simple cable pull down.

[Rottweiler]

Hey I'm new to the forum but have been working out for a little while now, I can honestly say I have never tried the dumbells for the triceps but I will tell you a couple alternatives I fell work best for me. The easiest ( which can be done almost anywhere) is the reverse pushup. I do this on a 2 foot bench starting with elbows at 90 degrees, body straight out with legs crossed so i'm on one heel, then just dip down and up as you would pushups except reverse. Go down and come up to whats comfortable to you as any excercise can be dangerous if done incorrectly or you push it to far. I do 3 sets of 14 reps like this and I find it better then any other tricep excercise I have done to date. You feel the burn fast and if it gets to much for you , you can always move your arms out from behind you a bit, although this cheats the target area. I also do skull crushers laying flat on the bench, hand about an inch apart on the bar ( I use a curling bar for this as I find it more comfortable. Keep the arm from the shoulder to the elbow straight up and down and only bend from the elbow bringing the bar either right to your forehead or as some do it right to the bench just above their head, see whats comfortable for you, keep your elbows as close to one another as possible, you will know when your cheating here when you start spreading your elbows apart. Hope this helps a bit.

[MOOSE]

Wow man, I joined this Forum back in beginning Jan posted a few things got really bored waiting to get a reply, gave up even took it off the Faves list. today have just popped in to take a look and I think yours is the only post that's actually happened in over a month!!. Far out. never mind. your routine sounds cool. but I demand a lot from my tri's as they drive allot of the shoulder and chest exercises I do. I'm more of a weightlifter than a bodybuilder, so the weight goes up constantly and I need my tris to keep up. Not saying that yours aren't effective enough as I also incorporate those exercises in to my routines when I need to change and shock my triceps in to a growth spurt. Its actually amazing how you can control these things. I train each body part once a week for maximum results so I need those exercises to really tear at the very fabric of my being, LOL.

[GunsRus]

Most exercises are considered dangerous and bad for your shoulders. If you were to believe all of them you wouldnt go to the gym. I recently read that even lat pull downs are bad for your shoulders as are squats because of the way you have to hold the bar. Having said that i have never been a big fan of overhead tricep work outs. I prefer to use the lat pulldown machine, dips and i use the seated cable row machine to do tricep kick back.

[kasper52]

Could be that your lifting too much weight. My shoulders used to hurt after benching. But i asked my doctor and he said I was lifitng to much. He said to gradually work your way up to a heavier weight.