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Here Is What You Are Missing When It Comes to Triceps from Andrew Demetre, Charleston Fitness Expert

Biceps, glutes, and abs are all perennial projects for exercise enthusiasts. But if you want a strong, athletic-looking physique, you can’t afford to ignore your triceps. Even if you don’t, many weightlifters are missing crucial steps to building better triceps, getting stuck in an endless cycle of the same low-yield exercises.
It’s time to arm yourself (pun intended) with tricep knowledge from Andrew Demetre, Charleston-based bodybuilder and fitness coach. Here, he provides some tips to get those pressing muscles bigger, stronger, and more shredded.
Tricep Workouts to Help Fill Out Your Arm Workouts
Triceps are far more complex than people realize. The name itself tells you that there are three separate main components (or “heads” to you anatomy buffs out there) to this muscle, all of which play a major role in overall arm strength and stability.
Most gym goers have a go-to tricep workout, but many popular exercises aren’t effective for bulking, and some can be hard on your elbows. Here are a few to add to your routine if you want to start filling out your shirt sleeves.
Bodyweight Skull Crusher
Bodyweight exercises are underrated. They’re much more effective than they may appear, and they’re great for hitting multiple muscle groups at the same time. This time-honored exercise, which is typically performed with the aid of a bench, adds some bonus core strength and shoulder stability while still providing an intense workout.
Dumbbell Crush Press
This straightforward exercise (also known as the “hex press”) requires pure arm power. To do it, simply lay on a flat bench, squeeze two dumbbells together in front of your chest, and press them up. The close-grip position puts more tension on the triceps, making it harder to flare your elbows out.
Tate Press
This tricep extension variation calls for your elbows to be pointed away from you instead of inwards. The Tate press targets the long head of the tricep, which makes up a lot of the muscle’s size. Many other presses don’t target this crucial part of the muscle, so adding the Tate press can give your bigger, thicker arms.
Barbell Pin Triceps Extension
The barbell pin triceps extension is a safer and more efficient way to overload your triceps. Elbow positioning is vital to protecting your arms during your workout, and the pins keep your elbows set in a good position. This exercise works every part of the tricep but focuses on the long head, much like the Tate press.
Now You Know What You’re Missing
Time for the tired old tricep exercises to fall by the wayside.
The exercises detailed here can address each part of the tricep without putting too much stress on your elbows. If you’ve been looking for a way to switch up your arm workouts, Demetre recommends trying some of these and seeing if you notice any improvements.
Andrew Demetre, a Charleston health coach, shifted his focus during the pandemic to help his clients achieve their fitness goals and stay healthy from home. This soon became an abiding passion, and he now focuses on at-home coaching in the greater Charleston area.
Demetre inspires his clients to work hard and dedicate their focus to being accepting of their bodies and leading happier, healthier lives.
Lifestyle
Gordon Ramsay and his fitness routine as a celebrity chef

A chef is usually pictured as being overweight, due to the nature of the job. Having to constantly taste food to understand it, can’t be good for your health. But with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, it doesn’t show at all. This thanks to a fitness routine and healthy diet. Ramsay lost an incredible 50lbs, and he looks better than ever. His routine consists more of endurance training rather than lifting heavy weights, and he routinely trains with cycling when he’s travelling. If he’s not travelling, he makes sure to get his workouts in at his home gym (working out with Will Usher, former army captain and member of the Royal Protection Squad!).
“The more I train, the more normal I am, the more I feel that I’m still unchanged” said Ramsay in regards to his diet and training routine, which he believes keeps him feeling young and healthy.
Moreover, Gordon came out with a new cookbook called “Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Food: Mouth-Watering Recipes to Fuel You for Life”, which is full of healthy meals for the fitness enthusiast.
Gordon doesn’t follow a specific diet or have a dietician, but he swears by certain rules for his eating habits. One of these is cutting down on dairy, which he believes makes you feel sluggish. Almond milk is his replacement, which mixes in with a smoothie consisting of berries yoghurt. He also believes in drinking a couple glasses of water before you eat a meal, which he says doesn’t fill you up but it does stop you from eating excessively.
It’s plain to see that Gordon Ramsay is in great shape, and it is evident in his body even at his age of 53. It is important to take care of your health, even if you are a celebrity chef who can create delicious meals at any time.
Lifestyle
Daily habits of Mark Wahlberg to use in your own life

Mark Wahlberg is commonly on the big screens, and is obviously a healthy and fit guy just by looking at him. So it comes as no surprise that he has a rigorous daily routine and habits that keep him scheduled, disciplined and in shape.
It also helps him deal with his busy lifestyle as a movie star, producer and model.
Here are some of the daily habits Mark Wahlberg has that you could use to benefit your own life.
Early morning workouts
It’s obvious that Mark Wahlberg works out, but how about a 5am workout?
Wahlberg rises early at 4am to start his day with a scheduled breakfast, then a 5am workout. After training intensely at the gym, he’s drinking a shake at 6:30, then dropping the kids to school at 7:30 and eating at the same time. He says by 9am, he’s been to church and eaten again.
Discipline is everything
This isn’t surprising either, considering how disciplined he would have to be to continue his above schedule every morning. For Wahlberg, the discipline in his fitness, career and faith is how he keeps his life together. He continually strives for more and more, and he believes since he started acting he is much more disciplined, in contrast to when he was doing music.
He is always hustling
Wahlberg is always working towards the next big thing, and following his mantra of hustle harder. This started from his past when he was hustling in the music industry, to going in front of the camera and hustling within the movie industry where he enjoys his success of today.
Mark Wahlberg is a very disciplined person who follows habits almost religiously to do with fitness, faith and career. He believes it’s this discipline and drive that has made and kept him successful.
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Christian Bale’s physical transformations for movies – from skinny to huge

Christian Bale is responsible for some of the most drastic physical transformations shown on the big screen. From very skinny in “The Machinist” to huge playing The Batman in “The Dark Knight”, Bale’s physicality range knows no bounds. A dedicated actor in his art, Bale commits all the way for his roles and continuously delivers in both his on screen performance as well as his on screen appearance.
These are some of Christian Bale’s physical transformations on the big screen.
The Machinist
Four months prior to the production of “The Machinist”, Bale started to lose weight for this role. Starting at 180 pounds, Bale dropped an unbelievable 60 pounds to look extremely skinny. His diet during this time included one coffee, an apple and water. He also chain smoked cigarettes and drank whiskey to further lose weight. His dedication is revealed on the screen, with Bale looking scraggly and dangerously skinny.
Batman Begins/The Dark Knight
Bale put on 100 pounds for his role as The Batman, doing so in an unbelievable 6 months from his end of role in “The Machinist”. He used a typical workout body part split to focus on different muscle groups on different days. The effect is noticeable, The Batman looking large and intimidating on screen.
American Hustle
This role required Bale to pack on the weight again, but this time not through working out. He ate cheeseburgers, donuts and whatever else he could get his hands on for two months in order to get to 200 pounds, and visibly fatter. The effect is obvious on screen, with Bale sporting a belly and obviously looking much rounder when compared to “The Dark Knight”.
Christian Bale is a master of physical transformations, and he commits to his roles. From ridiculously skinny, to ripped and muscled, to fat and overweight, Bale can and will do it for a worthwhile movie role.
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