POLL: Biceps or Triceps? Which one is more important?

[Turkish]

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[Bulk Beef]

Triceps are useless. In fact, I may put mine on ebay.

 

[godmare]

well, triceps are much larger, and make up most of your upper arm size. They are also potentially much stronger....
important for what?

 

[slycat]

equally. i have seen people with one and not the other and they look awful.
biceps give the appearance of size but triceps provides true girth(bi and tri head).

 

[Platypus]

everything looks perfect from far away

 

[bradruth]

Bi's are for show, Tri's are for go.

 

[HamSupLo]

both?

 

[TheBDB]

important for what?

 

[jessieqwert]

Well for example I've been doing pull ups(thumbs up, palm forward) Having been working at it for a while now I tried doing a pullup (thumbs down, palm away) and couldn't even begin to do one.

Moral of the story: Use it or lose it!

 

[civad]

As far as I am concerned, for a man, theres only one area where muscles matter. And that's not from the arms...

 

[Judgement]

Originally posted by: slycat
equally. i have seen people with one and not the other and they look awful.
biceps give the appearance of size but triceps provides true girth(bi and tri head).

Yeah, if you don't have both then dont even bother. Working out one but not the other just makes you look weird.

 

[Mday]

they complement each other in the movement of your arm to lift items. both are important. it's like asking, what's more important, your left or right eye... you want to have both.

 

[Babbles]

Equally as much!

I think tris, contrary to popular belief, actually gives more definition when you arenot trying to flex and show off; as in just walking around.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: civad
As far as I am concerned, for a man, theres only one area where muscles matter. And that's not from the arms...

It isn't a muscle.

Jessieqwert - do you mean chinups and pullups? I found the way you described it a bit confusing. Why not say palms facing away, and palms facing towards yourself.

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: jessieqwert
Well for example I've been doing pull ups(thumbs up, palm forward) Having been working at it for a while now I tried doing a pullup (thumbs down, palm away) and couldn't even begin to do one.

Moral of the story: Use it or lose it!

Pull ups are very difficult and take a lot of strength to do. The further out you place your hands, the harder they are to do. Pull ups (palms facing away), chould be using mainly your back (arch your back). Since most people have weak backs, they are very difficult.

 

[notfred]

Triceps for pitching and surfing.

 

[gtsukada]

Originally posted by: Judgement

Originally posted by: slycat
equally. i have seen people with one and not the other and they look awful.
biceps give the appearance of size but triceps provides true girth(bi and tri head).

Yeah, if you don't have both then dont even bother. Working out one but not the other just makes you look weird.

 

[cronos]

they are equally important.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: saxguy
they are equally important.

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: bradruth
Bi's are for show, Tri's are for go.

I :heart: bradruth

 

[DrPizza]

just raced in kayaks upstream for 2 miles... I'll tell you what... my biceps are sore!
Tomorrow, I'll be biking... I think that uses my triceps more... (and my legs quite a bit, of course)

 

[dcdomain]

Thought surfing uses your biceps more.

Triceps were always more important for me. Then again, I was a linemen, so pushing people away from me was more important than being able to hold on to them. But I suppose in everyday life, biceps might be more important when you have to carry stuff...

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
just raced in kayaks upstream for 2 miles... I'll tell you what... my biceps are sore!
Tomorrow, I'll be biking... I think that uses my triceps more... (and my legs quite a bit, of course)

How does biking improve one's triceps? I don't see the correlation. I'd think biking would help your legs more.

 

[jsbush]

Originally posted by: simms

Originally posted by: DrPizza
just raced in kayaks upstream for 2 miles... I'll tell you what... my biceps are sore!
Tomorrow, I'll be biking... I think that uses my triceps more... (and my legs quite a bit, of course)

How does biking improve one's triceps? I don't see the correlation. I'd think biking would help your legs more.

It does. Doesn't do much, if anything for your triceps.

 

[Futher]

Triceps are where all your strength comes from. Biceps are just for show. So are you one of those guys who walks on the beach and flexes all day? Or do you want ot improve your arm stength...