Everyone wants bigger arms. It is the reason a great deal of people start weight training in the first place. These are the people who are doing curls after curls. They are working the biceps hard but they never quite get their arms where the size they were striving for. This is mainly due to the lack of workout of the triceps. Triceps make up about two-thirds of your arm size. That should be a pretty good reason to work your triceps hard if you want to increase your arm size.

Some basic weight training exercises to work your triceps effectively would include triceps extensions, triceps cable press downs, dips, and close-grip or reverse-grip bench presses.

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