Quote Originally Posted by Paddy Cummins
I've been trying to get into shape over the past year. I did a year of pusbike couriering and have lost a lot of weight. I'm quite pleased with my current weight (11-12 stone; about 6 foot tall.) My legs are in good shape from the cycling but I have been wanting to build muscle on my biceps. Thats were I lack big time.

I have a set of dumbells which I'm starting to use but don't really know how to approach it. I've been doing 30 reps on each arm with a 4.7kg weight. This is about as far as I can go without pushing myself to go uncomfortabely further. I don't want to injure myself early on! According to my brother, who has been lifting weights for a few years and used to do body-building, its important to work your tricep too. The bicep and tricep work in pairs so you need to build them evenly.

Has anyone any advice then?
4.7kg sounds quite light. I have 9.2 Kg on my Dumbells and I do 2 sets of 20reps. I don't like any of the Tricep exercises I've tried. Do Push-ups work your Triceps?