Are You Doing Skull Crushers Correctly? — Key Takeaways
Use a 4-second eccentric on tricep exercises like skull crushers to maximize muscle stimulus.
Key takeaways
Use a 4-second eccentric on triceps pressing movements to maximize tension
Use a 4-second eccentric on triceps pressing movements to maximize tension
- Slow eccentrics increase time under tension and mechanical stress on the triceps, driving hypertrophy stimulus beyond what fast reps provide.
Keep shoulders depressed and fixed during skull crushers for consistent positioning
Keep shoulders depressed and fixed during skull crushers for consistent positioning
- Dropping shoulders down prevents the common fault of letting them rise and shift, which destabilizes the movement.
- Holding the bar slightly lower (toward the forehead/behind) with locked shoulder position is flagged as more mechanically consistent.
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- 1mElbow Position Debate
- 1mTricep Exercise Set in Progress
- 2mFinal Reps and Program Plug
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