How to Do
How to Do Skull Crushers with Barbells
The skull crushers with barbells should begin with good posture to avoid injury. Brace the spine by drawing your lower abdomen inward. Your core muscles should be activated to support your posture as you perform the exercise.
If any pain is experienced, immediately stop the skull crushers with barbells.
Beginning
Beginning Skull Crushers with Barbells
Begin by lying down on a firm gym bench, back first. With your hands set roughly shoulder-width apart, lock out the barbell in the top position. The width of your grip might change depending on your flexibility and comfort. The lifter should be able to bend their upper back muscles while squeezing their shoulder blades together. This will be necessary for the following steps.
Movement
Skull Crushers with Barbells Movement
1. Begin lowering the barbell towards your brow (hence the name, skull crusher). It's critical to keep the elbows tucked in as much as possible. It's fine and even normal if the elbows flare out a little, but too much flare will deactivate the triceps.
2. Lower your shoulders and roll your arms back so the bar is behind your head once the bar is at your forehead. You should be able to feel the full back of your arm engage and stretch at this point.
3. Drive the bar back up, reversing the path you took to lower the bar, after you've held the bottom position of the lift for a beat. Throughout the lifting (or concentric) phase, maintain your elbows tucked.
Benefits
Skull Crushers with Barbells Benefits
The skull crusher isolates the triceps by having the lifter perform deep elbow flexion while stabilizing the shoulder and wrist joints.
Exercise Aliases
Lying Triceps, Barbell Lying Triceps, Lying Triceps Extension.
