Skullcrushers?

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posted by SkinnyManKyle

what are skullcrushers?

posted by cwshorns

curl bar, keep elbows in tight, lower bar to forehead by bending at the elbows. do as many as you can this way and then press it as many times as you can

posted by mjllewellyn

Skull crushers are a tricep movement. If you lie on your back and get a barbell, holding it similar to a bench press. Lock your upper arms so they are perpendicular to your body. Bring the bar down moving only at the elbows, around 90 degrees so the bar is coming down just above your head. Then push it back up while keeping your upper arms straight. Sorry, thats the best way I can think of explaining it. Look at this website, its very good.

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Triceps/BBLyingTriExtSC.html

posted by SkinnyManKyle

got it, ive done those b4 jsut didnt know thats what they were called, thanks guys.

posted by John H

haha i like the comment on the site mjllewellyn posted... slow bars descent as it approaches forehead... no shit

posted by mjllewellyn

Yeah, some things should really just be common sense and left out of the paragraph.... but maybe there are some people out there that just don't get it !!!

Probably got the name "skull crushers" because someone didn't read the instructions.

posted by John H

haha yeah i can just see some idiot with a dent in his forehead blaming the website for not telling him that

posted by mjllewellyn

Hey, there are people like that out there.

posted by brandozzz

man ive seen a guy when i was on ship do that with a 75 lb dumbell
ship hit wave and i guess he didnd have good grip on the weight
and BAM right in the ol teeth

posted by John H

ouch thats gotta suck... working out on a ship must be dicey

posted by mjllewellyn

Crap, I am feeling that just hearing about it.

posted by estray

Did em for the first time today. Great tri workout.

posted by brandozzz

depends on the water
plus wqaiting in line for all the damn squids to get don with thier routines

posted by mjllewellyn

Brandozzz, check this post if you really want them to burn.

http://www.bbforums.com/showthread.php?t=5361

posted by bleeke

must be a jarhead! lol

posted by mjllewellyn

I think the greatest mass builder for the triceps is the weighted dips. They seem to get right down to the bones!!! Anyone else agree with that?

posted by Natron

You want your head hanging off the back of the bench and lowering the bar down at about a 45 degree angle, which hits the tricep heads perfectly. DO NOT LOWER THE BAR FROM A 90 DEGREE ANGLE, YOU WON'T GET THE FULL RANGE OF MOTION, YOU WANT THE BAR TO ACTUALLY LOWER SLOWLY PAST THE TOP MIDDLE OF YOUR HEAD AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. Look in THE NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN BODYBUILDING FOR MORE DETAILS.

BIG GUNS

posted by cwshorns

try doing skullcrushers on a decline bench, burns good!

posted by Natron

good advice cw

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