The best triceps exercises by Alex Megos

Alex Megos is launching a new training video: Together with Christoph Hanke, he explores the question of how important the triceps are for climbing and how you can specifically train the muscle.

With the keyword antagonists training you quickly end up with triceps, the opponent of the biceps. It's obvious that it can't do any harm for climbers to strengthen themselves in the spirit of holistic training. Like a professional climber Alex Megos He explains in his latest video how his compensation training is designed in this regard and how often and with which exercises he strengthens his triceps.

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