Absolutely

I am commenting after 13 years, still same effective

tcshy1903 It also fucks up your elbow

No dont try 2 hit on her

Keeping it at a certain height changes the level of tension in the exercise. Both are still effective!

+Luke Brown I might as well focus on my unicorn-muscle. The tricep muscle just isn't there (and I am using a hyperbole here. Obviously I understand that I have one, but it is so tiny it can't do anything).

Look at wikipedia / google the anatomy of this muscle. The only way to extend your arm (non-passively) is for the tricep to shorten. If your hand is closer to your sholder and you make you hand go further away from the shoulder (not using gravity, obviously), then the triceps DID make that happen. If you can do more than 15 reps, it's harder to build strength and muscle. Working out the tricep until it has a harder time pushing the weight, or if it becomes very hard to make the cable move...then you're wearing it out. Give it 2 days recovery time, go again. It WILL become stronger. This is an isolation exercise - ONLY the tricep is contracting, so it is doing the work. if ANYTHING else is moving - i.e. torso swaying forward, etc, then those muscles are providing momentum. You don't actually HAVE to think about anything. If you simply do the exercise properly, and you eat enough protein..you WILL gain a bigger tricep. Remember, weight is important. If you want strength, do 6-10 reps. If it's possible to do more...then just add more weight and try again. keep adding until you can only do 6-15. I think a weight that you can only 6 of is risky - risk of bad form, etc. I like 8, but 12-15 is fine. More is good too, but you will gain less strength, probably, but more endurance (fwiw). Both are important, but if you want strength, once again, add weight untill you can only go so long. All these bodybuilders like warm up sets, so those are good idea, I'm sure. resting between sets is important. I do my rest by just doing a different muscle (it's called a superset). In my experience, 1 set is ok, but gains are slow. 2 sets is good - you will gain muscle. 3 sets is amazing- you will DEFINITELY gain noticeable muscle (it takes up to a a week to feel a change, more in a month, visuals may take longer - i.e. losing body fat, more muscle, etc needed for that)> 3 sets is also risky - I've had injuries, little ones, but they did sideline a muscle group, so I suggest starting with 2 sets , you'll gain muscle and strength and feel tighter.

One more tip...the tri-ceps are call that because it's actually like one muscle on one end (on the other side of the elbow), that splits into three muscles, that attache at three different points on/near the shoulder. To make sure you (somewhat) wear out all three, do the exercise in the video at three angles: - flat bar (like in the video) - 45 degree angle (thumb closer to ceiling). i.e. v-bar or the wiggly cable called the ezbar - 90 degrees (like a handshake - thumb is closest to ceiling, pinky closest to floor).

That's known as doing sets till failure... if you're trying to increase muscle mass a little grunting is natural. Also helps release testosterone and beat PRs. If you're a filthy casual and don't care about strength training then I can see how it would be annoying. Kappa

Nabil Shah did you not see the Kappa? lol