Strength · Triceps · Barbell
Barbell Skull Crusher
Barbell Skull Crusher is a strength exercise with a barbell that mainly works the triceps.
How to do it
- Arms straight over the shoulders, angled slightly back
- Bend only at the elbows, the upper arms stay still
- Lower to just behind the forehead
- Straighten the arms and squeeze the triceps
In Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead starts you on 3 sets of 10–15 reps with 1:15 rest. When every set reaches 15 reps, the weight goes up 2.5 kg, or 5 lb if you train in pounds.
Warm-up sets are planned from your first work set: the empty bar, then 40, 60 and 80 %.
Muscles worked
Mainly
- Triceps
Joints it loads
- Elbow a lot
With an injury here, the app warns you before this exercise.
Log it in Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead works out your next set of barbell skull crusher, and every other lift, from your own numbers.
Test it before releaseSimilar exercises
The same movement, done another way: what the app suggests when you swap.