Is skull crushers twice a week enough

[SkyzykS]

@Polar-Bear

any particular advantages to doing it this way?

It builds a tremendously powerful pimp hand.

I don’t know if it has any particular advantage. I just did them because its a weak point and no one else likes them.

There might be a scientific reason that I’m not aware of, but I doubt it.

[Brant_Drake]

@bulldog9899

JM press enters

I love you JM press. Are you free anytime this week?

[bulldog9899]

Sure thing Baby…

[Brant_Drake]

@bulldog9899

Sure thing Baby

BRB, doing some “protein shaking.”

This is a good point though. It feels like minor changes are insignificant, but they make a difference for the individual.

For instance, I’m tall with long levers and want to do a weighted dip with 135, but cranking out low-rep-45 ones is difficult. And they take more recovery time than a deadlift.

So for this, I like a JM press vs a skullcrusher, or flairing your arms at the bottom of a rope pulldown then switching to tight grip. It’s finding the path for your levers.

[TrainForPain]

@Polar-Bear

always end up killing my elbows!

It’s one of the few that feels good on my elbows! Just different strokes, I guess.

@Brant_Drake

I like to do this triple set

Nice! I like one where I do pushdowns, then flip around and do them “overhead,” and then drop down and do close-grip push-ups.

[Brant_Drake]

@TrainForPain

I do pushdowns, then flip around and do them “overhead,” and then drop down and do close-grip push-ups.

Thanks Satan. Now I have to try (tri?) this.

[Brant_Drake]

@cdep89

I used to do skullcrushers for 3 reps, then close grip bench for 3 reps, then skullcrushers for 3 reps. All the way up to 40 total reps.

Well, now I have to do this also.

Interestingly, the set I described was about 35 reps. Pick a weight to fail at 10 on the first portion, shoot for a 9 - 12 - 15+ progression.

[cdep89]

Fair play to you! The progression for me just ended up just being however many more close-grip benches I could get at after the 40th rep. Usually none. My arms would feel like they were about to explode after.

Sadly skullcrushers were never great on my elbows, even when doing them normally. Same can be said for overhead tricep extensions. I put it down to always enjoying overhead pressing twice a week.