Floor Dumbbell Skull Crushers

You ll sacrifice the amount of weight you can use because dumbbells are harder to control but that s not necessarily a bad thing.

Floor dumbbell skull crushers.

Grab your dumbbells or e z bar or barbell then get ready to blast your triceps. Dumbbell skull crushers are typically performed with a weight in each hand although you can also hold one dumbbell in two hands. Then rep out on close grip floor bench presses. It may prove challenging to load heavier dumbbells into position on the floor and risk breaking your adjustable dumbbells by dropping them so use moderate weight for higher reps to create tension and get a pump.

Let your elbow act as a hinge and bring the weights down past the ear lobe. Just remember to concentrate on your grip you don t want to drop the weights and literally crush your skull. With dumbbells each arm has to work independently. Rest for one minute then repeat for four sets.

To perform the standard version grab a pair of dumbbells and lie face up on a bench with your feet flat on the floor. Do 10 to 12 floor skull crushers followed by 6 traditional bar to forehead skull crushers. You re also able to perform these with different grips which affects how the triceps are recruited. Laying flat on your back bring the dumb bells up over chest.

Skull crushers aka lying triceps extensions are a move traditionally performed lying down on a bench or exercise mat with a pair of dumbbells or an ez curl bar just one of many barbells at the gym you hold the weight over your face hence the name skull crusher with elbows pointing up then use your triceps the muscles on the back of your upper arm to straighten your elbow and pull.