Skull Crushers

[cybernautflowbot]

Hell, I've been working out for only a couple weeks and even I know that that's bad form. Bring your elbows in closer together. You'll have to use less weight and won't be able to impress as many people, but you'll work the muscle more.

[BLaCkEdOuTRoUsHF150]

nothing wrong with his form . it works for him.hes bigger than all of u talking shit..

[meningzegger]

Well done but there's nothing more silly then the guys at the gym listening to their mp3 player when there's already music being played in the gym itself !

[Smokeydabear415]

@meningzegger lol people dont always like what is being played at the gym so its nice to have your own music

[drh8409]

some badass ink brotha!

[BoneCrusherJiuJitsu]

good shit yo..if your arms are not bigger than his just stfu..period

[mikestar]

need to keep your grip where u can lap thumbs, you need to point elbows straight up

[secutorclaudius]

waste of time and elbow pain in your future. do close grip bp and dips instead.

[yonkersfugitive]

nothing is wrong with his form...trolls are just trolling. However, i dont know why ur only doing 8 reps for french press...to each his own tho.

[IncredibleHulkRobert]

No matter what people say, you got very good form for that weight, very strong!

[whitekid3]

i like how the form police are telling u what to do when those bitches probably can't lift half the weight u do... fuck 'em

[dnj86]

looks like a bunch of kids scribbled on your arms

[zrx7769]

why would a guy get girl tattoos?

[H0ttSaUc3]

Its Wonder Cracker...

[Answ3rlol]

form is terrible.. elbows meant to be straight

[isaacooo123]

Strong triceps bro keep it up light weight!!!!!!

[JamesLeith]

Your elbows are facing out the way, keep them in. Form>Weight.

[JamesLeith]

Yor elboes are facing out the way. Form>weight

[LittleDroidMan]

sick tattoos looks like a 3rd grader let lose with some markers bitch boy

[sinz187]

hey are those the tattoo slip on sleeves you can get at walmart?

[thebetterhaloplayer]

Dude ur doing them like ronnie coleman, awfull look at ur elbows...

[JsyBoiGT]

doing it all wrong

[blueparrot10]

perfect form again buddy!

[Killuminatismd]

what does this work out? tris?

[OnePunch89]

@Killuminatismd

Nah bro, it works your quads.

[Killuminatismd]

@OnePunch89 fag nice sarcasm. I bet u can even bench what hes skull crushing u peice of shit

[OnePunch89]

@Killuminatismd

Lmao! I was joking with you bro. Try not to cry about it.

[wolfpackforlife]

good breathing and form. i personally like to do theese (if i do em at all) at the end of my triceps workout. i do this because this excercise puts hella stress on your elbows. there are people with bad elbows from doing these heavy. i do em at the end when my triceps are already pretty worn out then i do lighter weight and strict form emphasizing the negative. that will make the bows last longer.

[AJAMESNY]

nice work

[Rippingtonson]

lol terrible form retard

elbows are like 5 feet apart jesus christ how bad can you get

[criz1394]

@Rippingtonson stfu dick, you aint gotta be an ass tryin to criticize someone's form, tard

[MrRenamer]

get does albows more togheter, then it wil be the perfect excersise ;)

[Claymore2408]

how much does the olympic curl bar weigh? with no weights at all.

[deepakjindal070]

Elbow in!!

[BLaCkEdOuTRoUsHF150]

i dnt think he cares if hes doing it wrong..look at em .dis niggas big..and strong look at his other vids.. so altho wrong they must be working for him

[hardcorehouse]

@BLaCkEdOuTRoUsHF150 Actually I do think he cares about doing it right, and that's exactly the form I've found the most effective by far for years and years. The other version especially skulls suck.

[btzgd]

Avril in the background xD Man you look like M Shadows from Avenged Sevenfold, nice tattoos!

[cooldudethegreatspy]

This is the most misleading tricep extension video I've seen(apart from others). Your elbows are supposed to be facing totally inwards as opposed to your totally outwards.

[hardcorehouse]

@cooldudethegreatspy Your comment is misleading. Years ago I worried a lot about keeping the elbows in, then later realized that elbow positioning is irrelevant. I get the best resuls by far over the decades doing exactly as he is, which is the most effective and puts the least amount of pressure on joints. Keeping the elbows in is a nice waste of time it doesn't matter and is distracting not to mention harder on the joints.

[billyblue8]

im no way as big as you but i was doing about 40kg-45kg with elbows out wide like that. i fucked my elbow up doing it. i moved the weight down to about 30kg and forced my elbows in. much more isolation and made loads more progress on triceps.

but then again as i said, you are bigger than me and you look like you know what your doing!

crazy tats!

[hardcorehouse]

@billyblue8 Elbow positioning isn't a big deal actually. As far as getting injured, that could've happened from any number of things including too much weight and lack of warmup, not the ROM you used. Behind the head is easily the best and most effective and is less harsh on the elbows.

[DMxNemesis]

form is paramount for me

[BIGDADDYJOHNSON27]

I love this exercise it builds the triceps up very well

[ilikeyoutub07]

all I see is tattoos.. lol

[azsianwun]

billy is strong, check out his other videos.

if wat he's doing is working for him, why even try to correct him ?

[111123ass]

ur supost to keep ur damn elbows in stupid tattoed fuck

[quincy3521]

tattoos make you cool

[DStat19]

use a little less weight and do better form. It will be way more effective

[essotiverton]

@DStat19 whts wrong w/ his form?

[mrsexappeal69]

this exercise hurts my elbows. Plus my triceps just feel really weak in this position.

[ichbindarren]

try bringing your elbows in more. his elbows are flaired out too much in the video.

[captainreview17]

looks roght form to me

[ichbindarren]

@captainreview17 by bringing your elbows in you will isolate the triceps more

[theIRONpump]

IMHO.your eldbows are out kinda far and you are usin your shoulders a bit.

[kohrter69]

i thought that was called french press?

[XxTmanXx5]

thats when you standing

[Eurynomos93]

yes

[BaboonBro]

Great deed done.. But our Gym Sheriff would strangle ya if ya put the bar at the bench like there at our place :P

[isaacooo123]

What muscle is he working out?

[SuperGrapeVine]

Triceps

[RRANGEPWNS]

@isaacooo123 lower triceps

[lacuevadelvampiro]

tool

[BlkPoisonBld]

UR TATS KICK .A.S.S.

[mad1966dog]

nice tatoos...i got loads too

[elSE3DY]

Dude how much weight you skull crushing here?

[daviethedrummer]

There's 20kg on each side, and the bar is probably at least 10kg, so there must be at least 50kg/110lbs. That's impressive.

[elSE3DY]

im doing 53kg skull crushers

[julzbra1]

i do 65kg skullcrushers and im only 16

[elSE3DY]

No you dont. 65lbs maybe

[hoganmas1]

i do 1400kg and m only 11

[luke05456]

lol talk out of ur ass...

[vandamwtc]

Very nice form, but to address other peoples observations, i believe coming behind the head on the eccentric refered to as a french press. Skullcrushers you come to the forehead.

Also i see no preoblem in keeping the elbows out, i find it tends to ephasize the long head a little more.

[billy2918]

it is referred to as the french press, i usually just refer to both versions as the skull crusher

[VER0NIKKE]

@billy2918 ...have you ever cruched you skull?

[hardcorehouse]

@vandamwtc Actually there are a lot of names, which just confuses things. Basically there are extensions (behind the head) and skulls. Skulls are pretty useless in comparison-not only do they work the tris a whole lot less they also put more pressure on the elbows and it's much easier to drop the weight on ones face. Extensions behind the head as he's doing are the best version by far, though few in gyms know it or do it.

[qeni]

you are leting the weight goin too far back dude I do mine one inch on top of my forhead that keeps more presure on your triceps u gotta try it

[billy2918]

i know, i took this a year and a half ago, i've made those corrections, lol, this method also fucks up your neck too, thanks for the input though, good advise :)

[hardcorehouse]

@qeni Whatever works for ya but for most people the version he's using is by far the best-much better and direct on the tris, less pressure on the elbows and none of the risk of hitting one's forehead as is done on skulls and the version you're using.

[Beastm0deENGAGE]

@qeni Going back doesnt reduce the effect at all it actually further engages the lats and long triceps. after the arms bend to a certain point and he goes back its the same as normal skull crushers

[SAAD407]

nice tattoos? thats just an arm sleeve not art... thats a common ink u see everyday.

[SAAD407]

he is doing all wrong ... he supposed to have his elbows closer to each other and not swinging.

[ACEshredZ]

thats some good work, and i mean the tattoos!

[Warsheeper]

fukin strong triceps man keep up the good work

[xJosebx]

if your elbows are out.. it doesnt take away from the exercise. its just bad for your elbows.

a regular oly bar is harder imo

[AAmeetings]

not bad with a curl bar I have the same problem with trying to keep my elbows in bc of the curves in the bar. sick tattoos by the way

[chriskobesko]

Keep those elbows in mr colorful.

[billy2918]

i can't keep them in when using an EZ curl bar no matter how light i go, so therefore i stopped using an EZ curl bar, and now just use a straight bar so i can adjust my grip, i think i specified that in a previous comment already...

[chriskobesko]

I know the feeling, people with alot of mass have a difficult time keeping elbows in. Also just was bugging you about your tats which are cool!

[OHFORSTANG]

@billy2918 I had the same problem until I switched to the straight bar, after I did it was GO time.

[1SPG1]

bad form... nice ink

[billy2918]

forms good, just bad angle, and as far as keeping the elbos in, my lats are too wide to do it, i couldn't even do it with an empty bar, and for that reason i switched to using the straight bar for skull crushers, so i can move my hands a bit wider, i no longer use the ez curl, and my elbows feel a hell of a lot better...

[armijazz]

retarded + elbows is better when they are in