EZ-Bar Skullcrusher

Start

Finish

How to do it

Lying on a bench with the EZ-bar locked out over the chest, bend only at the elbows to lower the bar toward the forehead or just behind it, then extend back up.

Muscles worked

Primary: triceps · Also works: forearms

Equipment

Barbell, Full gym

Common mistakes

• Letting the elbows flare out wide through the rep
• Turning the top of every rep into a pullover by dragging the shoulders back
• Loading heavy enough that the bar has to be stopped short of the head

Variations

• Behind-the-head skullcrusher for more stretch
• Incline EZ-bar skullcrusher

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Dumbbell Skullcrusher
• Bodyweight Skullcrusher
• Rope Triceps Pushdown

Take care: ABROFIT automatically removes this movement for anyone who has flagged a elbow problem. If that's you, use one of the swaps above and speak to a physio before loading it.

Related exercises

• Bench Triceps Diptriceps
• Diamond Push-Uptriceps
• Close-Grip Push-Uptriceps
• Incline Close-Grip Push-Uptriceps
• Bodyweight Skullcrushertriceps
• Wall Triceps Extensiontriceps