STOP doing SKULLCRUSHERS like this! 

This dropped like an hour after I finished doing skullcrushers with crappy form lmao - I look forward to using this for many arm days to come, thanks bro!

My elbows make popcorn during these

Right when i started doing more skullcrushers :') great videos man!

What’s impressive is that when he filmed this he knew the exact amount of reps to do to make the voiceover be fluid

Skull crushers are called that way because the bar is lowered _towards_ the head, not behind it! The mistake is perpendicular arm setup + lowering behind the head. Skullcrushers (= perpendicular arms + lowering _towards_ head) is fine Triceps extension variation (= Arms set up overhead + lowering behind head) is also fine. Finally, activate your core to fix your arching back.

im glad more ppl are putting more attention on this, i feel like i never see anyone doing their skullcrushers like this and i hope that changes with more ppl creating videos on it

this is actually the best piece of advice ever i started doing this and i feel it so much better in my long head thank you

Writing this down for my own triceps tomorrow

Learned this from the gain crusher Jeff Cavalier himself a few years ago.

I did this today, and I felt my triceps more than when they were perpendicular. What helped me is I made sure my elbows stayed in my peripheral vision. Thanks for the tip.

One of the functions of the long head of the triceps is to move the arm like you did in the first example. If you want to effectively target all heads, it is better to do a rollover type extension like how you showed in the 'wrong' example. You still get a stretch going down like normal with the bar behind your head and roll your arms forward as you extend making it perpendicular to the bench. Do some research bro.

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Instructions unclear, head is now barbell stand.

I swear best triceps exercise you can do to grow huge arms. Been doing these for 2 month now and it’s the first Tine my triceps is really visible without flexing

The Longhead of your tricep also extends your shoulder not just your elbow. It’s completely fine to extend your shoulder on a skullcrusher & for that matter any movement where you’re trying to isolate your triceps.

Cables don't seem to people as hardcore as dumbbells and barbells. I think doing overhead extension with cables instead is more effective and better for your elbow health.

Always good info thank u

Now move it to an incline bench……super auxiliary for press strength

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just because you move the shoulder in the first version of the exercise doesn't mean there is more tension. the further back your arms are the more tension there is on the lats regardless of movement.

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I tried doing this back in highschool like 15 years ago without knowing what I was doing and injured my shoulder and still to this day it’s injured. Be careful guys! Make sure you use proper form

skullcrushers with dumbbells is so much nicer

Skull crushers should be renamed joint destroyers. Once they get heavy-ish

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Also don’t ego lift skull crushers unless you want elbow pain for the rest of your life

That explains why my lats were sore when I tried doing this excersize 😅

But the triceps work with the lats to move the arm downwards. You don't get full ROM like this

The first way is another way of doing them because it works all heads to a greater degree. The second way is to put great stress on only the long head. Both are perfectly fine depending

and also don't do them with a barbell for a big chunk of ppl going to the gym. Use stuff like dumbbells so your arms can move freely and you don't develop golfer's elbow. Barbell tends to cause a lot of unnecessary stress in the elbow joint, also because how your hands are placed. The elbow isn't lined in a perpendicular axis to the ground and tends to be slightly angled. The elbow is like a pendulum so it doesn't like angular forces. Also, the triceps ligaments are aatached to the humerus and ulna, not to the radius, so twisting your wrist doesn't change the work of it at all. Thus, while doing skullcrushers with dumbbells, holding them with a hammer grip, you work them the same as with a barbell. Always choose what is the most optimal thing in the long run. No pain no gain isn't actually as people percieve it to be.

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Felt the difference

Thank you man

Thank you for this. I’ve been wondering that some forces were not on my triceps when I executed the incorrect way.. Now , I got it. Thanks 😊

I started doing these yesterday thanks for the tip

Both wrong, the second as well

Good info, thanks.

Skull crusher, dips, and pushdown its really good tricep exercise i get sick pump and much gain, also you must try this exercise too

Almost right, if you study biomechanics the best to get from the triceps is a bit of both!

I disagree. The long head of the triceps is involved in shoulder extension. So bringing the bar further down behind the head lengte a the longhead more. But if I stay át that shoulder position, the movement is very shorthened biased. It feels more natural to move my arms like in a pullover. The long head contributes to this anyway. And the added elbow extension makes sure that the limiting factor is the triceps. Yes doing this way works the last too. But the limiting factor is still the triceps.

Yup if you can't extend and balance the arm/tricep then lower the weight

Dude in the back on his phone intently, he don’t want those gains😂

More importantly, it keep tension on the tricep which helps promote hypertrophy

Thx man

also ive heard that it is good to keep your elbows narrow, close to head

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No dont move your elbows and go as deep as possible. The deeper the more i stretch the triceps

I’ll be honest I’ve never seen anyone do skullcrushers that first way

Hell nah my shoulders would die if I put them at that angle😂 whatever works for you though👌🏼

The technique still isn’t right on the 2nd one - come on buddy!

you dropped this bro 💁💀

Thanks max 🙂

My elbow is much hearting in this exercise

Also use a decent weight..alot of ppl overload and you end up using other muscles rather than just your triceps

This looks hard bro

Stop doing skull crushes... Only

use 15% incline

Good info.

LMAO I WAS WONDERING WHY MY LATS SO MUCH NOW I KNOW WHY

Just did my first set and it feels pretty good

why am i getting all the tips after the workouts lmao

Well this exercise is not a classic skull crusher since you are not above your skull, it's a variant called "magic triceps" and it focus actively the long portion of the tryceps also activated when you do traction, especially at the beggining of the movement, but since you do not go further than perpendicular with your arm the lat are not so implicated to take the benefits of the tryceps stimulation away... So if you stay like this you only focus the long tryceps portion isometricly, which is not optimal, you need to learn to feel this part of the tryceps, like the high pectoral in some way.

at that point why not do them on an incline? seems silly to use flat bench if getting a stretch on the triceps is the goal.

I do this as my last exercise on chest and triceps day I can only go up to 7.5kg dumbbells 💀 I literally have no energy left in my triceps in the end so this is a killer as long as I feel my triceps burning it works

Or do it on an incline to get a super stretch!!!

I’ve been doing skullcrushere for many years and have a pretty impressive set of horseshoes. I can’t perform this bringing the bar in back of my head . I feel it most when I move it to my skull and up . Hence the name “ skullcrusher “

Also the bar can go just past ur eyes when u do the reps

it's supposed to crush your skull, so positioning is bad in both form .

I recently incorporated skull crusher into my workout (I have a shoulder injury that was aggravated previously), and after just a few weeks I can see a noticeable improvement in muscle separation. I still can't do triceps from the seated position though.

this is how we do it

But one can't do reps like that in standing/seated overhead tricep extensions. I believe, standing tricep extensions put a lot stress on triceps as one doesn't have back leverage.

An even better tip is to do it on a slight incline for an even greater stretch.

Ppl think lift the weight up to just in line with their head which is wrong cuz then ur only doing half reps

This is a French press not a skull crashers

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Doing it this way can mess with your shoulders. However, performing the exercise on a declined bench allows for better tension under peak contraction while keeping your shoulders in a safe place.

Alright quick tip - you’re still moving your shoulders in order to accelerate the load… use less weight.

Skull crushers hurt my elbows-I don't even bother with them haha

I almost dislocated my shoulder doing this

God sent brah

This is french press

Also, using ez curl bar helps with wrist pain. So I would suggest to try that out

At last Correct form

i never do skull crushers like you said not to do them like.

I did the same exact way and someone told me I was not doing it good… he told me to put my elbows in front and bring the barre to my forehead when I’m going down

i dislocated my arm doing this just now thanks

Its called skull crushers not overhead crushers. This is wrong

Just do close grip bench

But why not bonus lat work 🤷🏻‍♂️😁

That’s not a scull crusher it’s a French press

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honestly even when i do it the right way my shoulders still hurt thats why i stopped doing them

you too r doing it wrong....the sudden drop is crazy dont do it....make the motion slow

dumbbell skullcrushers > barbell skullcrushers

You do realise the longhead is connected to your scapular right? Which are connected to your lats the first way is how you get optimal ROM causing better hypertrophy

Skull crusher is a skull crusher because you aim for your forehead. I don't know what your doing but it's not a skull crusher.

What's the difference?

Bro, i feel my right triceps way more intense than my left, what can i do??