TRICEP PUSH UPS

Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart at arm's length in front of a wall, and place your hands on the wall at shoulder height.  Form a V with your hands by touching your index fingers together.  This hand position will place the workload on the triceps.

Lean towards the wall, bending your elbows, and allowing them to come close to the wall below where your hands are positioned.  Keep your feet planted.  Press back into the starting positiion, maintaining your hand position and making sure to reach full extension, squeezing the triceps at the end of the movement.  You will feel the triceps being isolated and working hard.

Once you are able to perform 3 sets of this exercise for 10-15 repetitions, try kneeling on the floow and placing the hands in the V position on the floor, lowering your upper body to about 5 inches above the floor and pressing back up.  This is much more challenging.

The next progression is to perform the tricep pushups with your legs fully extended like a regular pushup.  This is very advanced and may take a few months of dedication to make gains in strength.  The stronger your arms get, the firmer and shapelier they will look.