Skull crushers — no exercise has a name more intimidating than this. Sure, burpees are difficult, but their name sounds harmless enough. However, skull crushers have self-inflicted harm written ...

They might be called lying triceps extensions. You typically perform skull crushers with a barbell or you can use two dumbbells. The name comes from the mechanics of the move, where you bring the ...

Stand tall, holding a pair of dumbbells at your sides or barbell at waist height. With minimal momentum and keeping your ...

The skull crusher, or lying tricep extension, isolates the triceps to ... modification by performing the move with one dumbbell or a barbell instead of two dumbbells. This provides you with ...

Unlike an overhead tricep extension, skullcrushers are performed lying down on a weight bench ... like an EZ bar, a barbell, the Smith machine, or even a pair of dumbbells, so if someone ...

Make the last set in your biceps routine a barbell curl and use light weight ... The straight-leg lying triceps extension in this workout works all three heads.

One exercise that specifically targets them is a triceps extension to forehead. Here are some tips: 1. Lying on your back on a bench, hold the barbell with your hands just inside your shoulders.