skull crushers

[bigbadasian]

thats it...im done with these things....i dont care if they are one of the best 'mass builders' my elbows cant handle this movement anymore...

 

[bluto]

I hear you

I had the same problem. I stopped doing them for over six months and focused on Close Grip Bench and Weighted Dips. Now I can do Skullcrushers again but I only do them after doing at least four sets of Cable Extentions, working upto the Stack for 20-30 reps. Also I only do them after something else say after chest or shoulders or if on a seperate arm day then I do all my bicep movements first. Now I can skullcrush 90kg for reps again with no elbow pain.

 

[Trulyhuge]

I hate bb skull crushers. I use db's instead and they don't bother me as much.

 

[Big B]

I do it with the EZ bar. I always hurt my joints when I do the close grip press or the skull crushers with the straight bar.
Give it a try

 

[Koevoet]

thats it...im done with these things....i dont care if they are one of the best 'mass builders' my elbows cant handle this movement anymore...

bba, try doing them on a decline bench with your arms angled slightly past 90 degrees towards your head. Takes all the stress off the elbows for me.

 

[kpumpin]

They gave me bilateral ruptured tricep tendons!

 

[rAJJIN]

Theyve always been one of my favorites.
I was using the staright bar for a while But I found the EZ bar on flat bench to be what works the best for me.

Ive had the elbow pain before your talking about... Not sure why or what exactly caused it but it eventualy just went away... Maybe to Heavy to Often?

 

[LEX]

you try them with dumbells using a prone grip ? I got glass elbows and even mine tolerate those.

 

[thebrick]

They gave me bilateral ruptured tricep tendons!

at the same time? or two different occasions?

 

[Steak Helmet]

hit them on the incline bench...I hate FLAT skull crushers for the same reasons

 

[Future]

I love these BUT my elbows don't like them so much either. I started doing reverse grip tricep extensions and that actually has become a pain free exercise for me.

 

[bigbadasian]

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so sounds like its the angle maybe? i'll give it ONE last try...thats it! just one! LOL! i used to do them very heavy and my elbows were torn up! on fire..then i said...ok, must be the weight...check the ego and go lighter...went lighter and STILL the problem...just the other day i was doing them as my LAST exercise and went light for reps....i had like a 35 on each side of an ez curl bar....did like 20 reps each set and boy did it fucking hurt! i even tried to switch to the tricep extension machine where youre seated upright, elbows rest on a pad and arms start at a 90deg. angle and you push out...those even hurt!

 

[Got Juice]

i hear yeah guys, i love the movement, but damn they kill my elbows... i started working my way up from a REALLY light weight, ill just start with 10lbs on each side using the EZ CURL, ill do about 40 reps, then throw on another 10, until i work my way up to my last set.. i never go really heavy anymore either, maybe 45lbs a side...

it does seem to help a little by stretching my elbows and tripceps before i go heavier.

 

[Future]

Consider doing some partials with the exercises as well. Do like a 5/5 tempo going part way before it starts to hurt. I would do this after other tricep work as well.

 

[kpumpin]

The Brick........It was at the same time. Wierd too. Only a moderately heavy weight with good form and slow negative. The funny thing is that it happened on the 11th and final rep on the negative.

 

[StudHammer]

I can't do them with a barbell or EZ curl bar either, however an alternate method I found that doesn't hurt as bad is lying on the floor and using a low pulley and doing them with a cable.

I'm gonna have to try them on a decline bench as Koevoet says...

 

[bigbadasian]

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i used to train with a freak back back in the day and he would do 3 plates and a 25 on each side of an ez curl bar for reps! it was doing a dead lift for me back then when i had to hand the bar to him....

 

[sickboy]

Try them on a smith machine.....not ideal, but it does take some pressure off the elbows.

 

[bigbadasian]

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Try them on a smith machine.....not ideal, but it does take some pressure off the elbows.

been there done that...still same feeling in elbows. its just that movement...weird...if you think about it, cable push downs is the same movement, but standing up...but i dont hurt when doing those.

 

[BIG DUB]

Don't stop at the forehead.. go back behind the head with the barbell or dumbbell, kind of a slinging motion back up to the top..No stress on the bows.