30 Minutes Intermediate Triceps Workout with No Equipment
A 30 minutes muscle building workout targeting your triceps using no equipment equipment. 3 exercises, 12 total sets, designed for intermediate lifters.
30 Minutes
Duration
12
Total Sets
8-12 reps
Rep Range
~420
Est. Calories
The Workout
Start with this as your primary movement. Warm up with 2 lighter sets first.
Form cues
- Grip a bar at roughly waist height with hands shoulder width apart, arms extended.
- Walk your feet back until your body forms a straight line at an angle.
- Lower your head under the bar by bending only at the elbows — keep everything else rigid.
Sit on the floor with knees bent, feet flat, and hands behind your hips with fingers pointing forward.
Form cues
- Sit on the floor with knees bent, feet flat, and hands behind your hips with fingers pointing forward.
- Lift your hips off the ground and straighten your arms.
- Bend your elbows to lower your body, keeping them pointing straight back.
Finish strong — take the last set close to failure.
Form cues
- Place your hands together under your chest, forming a diamond shape with thumbs and index fingers.
- Maintain a straight body line from head to heels.
- Lower your chest to your hands, keeping elbows close to your body.
Why This Workout Works
This workout is built around the principles of muscle building training. Use moderate loads (65-80% of your 1RM) with controlled eccentrics and full range of motion. Prioritize progressive overload by adding reps before adding weight. Train each muscle group 2x per week with 10-20 hard sets per muscle per week.
Training Parameters
- Rep Range: 8-12 reps — the hypertrophy sweet spot for maximum muscle growth
- Rest Periods: 60-90 seconds — long enough for quality reps, short enough for metabolic stress
- Sets Per Exercise: 3-4 sets — optimized for muscle building
Triceps Training Tips
- *Overhead extensions stretch the long head, which is the largest tricep head — do not skip them.
- *Lock out every rep fully to engage the medial head.
- *Dips and close-grip bench press allow heavier loading than isolation work.
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