tricep mass exercises

[OceanDude]

Nobody has answered the question on how you can do skull crushers on a smith machine?

I'd like to hear the logic behind it as the smith machine locks you in & takes away the control of the weight from your triceps.

Maybe they mean you can only do one lift one time. Lift the bar up - drop it on your skull - end of set.
OD

 

[ALIENEGYPT]

Hey GP-

On close grip bench, should my arms go out to the sides like bench press for chest, or should they fold down next to my sides?...Starting to get wrist pain recently, just making sure my form is on...

-Andrew

 

[dbolman]

I'm not sure i agree with the common theory that free weight balancing adds much to the workout. To me, there's an equal or greater advantage in strength in using a machine that allows me to go further into the failure zone without worrying about the weight dropping during failure, or needing a spotter. Probably the same menatality for some Smith machine users.

 

[gopro]

Hey GP-

On close grip bench, should my arms go out to the sides like bench press for chest, or should they fold down next to my sides?...Starting to get wrist pain recently, just making sure my form is on...

-Andrew

You are better off keeping those arms tucked into the body. Using an EZ curl bar on these can help those wrists.

 

[dbolman]

For any triceps work with a barbell, the E-Z curl's better IMO, even better than for biceps work IMO.

 

[ChrisROCK]

flat bench skull-crushers, straight into a burnout set of CG presses is an excellent way to really pump the tris. That's one set. Repeat 3 times!

 

[dbolman]

3-5 sets of super-setted tri work using a couple of proven exercises should work wonders, 60-90 seconds max. rest between sets..

 

[ALIENEGYPT]

Thanks GP!