Thread: Lying skull crushers worth it?

Quote: Originally Posted by Nikonguy LOL. "French surplus army rifles for sale. Only dropped once." If you actually type in "French military victories" and hit the Feeling Lucky key, it'll bring up a page that says, "Did you mean French military defeats ?"

110% SOLD on these with the decline bench; hammer grip to forehead & tried both complete and partial extensions. Not a bit of elbow 'ping'. Was far more comfortable than doing them on the flat bench. Going to try loading the bar for some hammer close grip presses next time. Not as much as barbell CGB, but can go for higher reps. Seated French presses; the elbows were yelling 'surrender!' so only a couple sets of...

Quote: Originally Posted by groink I do my Skullcrushers with Dumbells, frees up the 'ol elbows These are good too!

Quote: Originally Posted by dbx Agreed, and terminology/semantics aside, I'd go a step further and do them standing...and with hammer grip...and call them French Presses Or, if you actually wanted to explore the etymology of the term...... Certainly not the most PC of origins, and no offense to our French brothers and sisters - in - iron, but the exercise got it's name from it's close resemblance to the motion of extending the...

Quote: Originally Posted by dbx Go to Google, type in "french military victories"....and then click on the "I'm feeling lucky" Google key. LOL. "French surplus army rifles for sale. Only dropped once."

Quote: Originally Posted by ...Kennedy Great thread. Never tried declines before, gonna try it out next time around. You are gonna love them...tris will be like balloons

Skull crushers are always a part of workout.

i do these on a slight incline with EZ curlin bar , they hit all three haeds no end and i wuold finish these off supersets with close grip straight after a set of skullcrushers

Quote: Originally Posted by IR45N I hear a lot of pros on these, but don't see them done often. Tried 'em in the past & seemed to hurt my elbows. Now, trying them with the short bar with the palms facing handles; like hammer curls. Elbows tucked in, doesn't hurt, going down to the forehead vs over the head. Thought I'd feel it a bit more the next day. Effective for the tri's & stick with them?...

Quote: Originally Posted by FlexinMike I think decline skull crushers are one of the best tricep exercises for hitting all 3 heads. Mike, you stole my response. Seriously, decline skull crushers are one of the best tricep movements. I wish I had a training partner so I could do them regularly. Once you get fairly heavy it's a real challenge to get yourself set up for them without a partner to hand you the bar.