I didn’t feel like going through ALL the comments but I will say this -
Like all movements this is going to be individualistic.
Some people are going to get good results from close grips and some will like skulls.
With that said, skulls are not a single joint movement if done correctly. They involve shoulder flexion if you actually want to lengthen the long head maximally and also reduce the amount of torque at the elbow from the eccentric back into the concentric.
I don’t like either of these anymore for me personally. I like cross body cable extensions, and lying sideways db extensions along with PJR’s. Those are the best for me personally.
Need to get rid of that mentality where compound exercise is always gonna get you more mass… for me the best triceps builder is heavy skullcrusher. And the best biceps builder is heavy barbell curl, not chinups.
“But you dont see people with small triceps benching 315,” people who bench that much are strong in benching because they have big triceps. It is not - they build big triceps because they can bench that much.
This analogy is same as false mindset that deadlift and squat will thicken your waist a lot, it is people who excel at powerlifting have thick waist and strong core, not they have thick waist and strong core because of powerlifting. See the difference, even Chris Bumstead said this.
People can build big tris from benching, people can build big bis from chins, and powerlifting can build you a strong core. You can say it’s not ALWAYS that way, but your rigid explanation is silly.
You haven’t been on here in forever, and I literally just liked another post of yours. When you do come on, you’re a snotty little child, and if anyone disagrees with you, you go immediately to insult their intelligence. Your point was a blanket statement that was just false.
Shut me up, though. Show us a picture of those big arms you’ve built.
Eh, it depends a lot on prioritization, sequence, and selection.
I liked and responded well to close grip bench, jm press, and for isolation- supine grip tricep extensions in the 12-15 range, but I’ve never been super chesty and was definitely a tricep dominant/limited bencher.
For many people once you have to start really loading up the skullcrusher it just destroys your elbows. They’re good to a certain point, but after that it’s better to use other things.
I’d been doing a heavy press routine for weeks. When I switched an added high volume skull crushers, my triceps really benefited from the change and plumped up pretty nicely.
TBH, I was also doing banded pushups, which I’ve read are almost better for triceps than chest. But I distinctly remember a few weeks back finishing a skullcrusher set and looking at my tris and saying “so, that’s what you’ve been waiting for!”
Unfamiliar with that program but I’ll just say I’m almost positive that skull crushers aren’t compound although I love them.
Ps ps why the hell does it seem so many fail to take Arnold’s advice? “You gat to shock the body.”
Switch that shit sure some of the at home workout routines undoubtedly solid but the most important thing you can do is to always be changing up everything you do in the gym.
Get in the choppa come with me if you want to live
As I stated earlier I have trouble with my left elbow (epicondylitis) doing skull crushers. Occasionally I can do them if I warm up with other triceps exercises first and then keep the weight at a reasonable level. I just ordered a triceps bar because I don’t seem to have the pain doing DB hammer style lying tricep ext. Does this bar hit the triceps pretty much the same as an EZ curl bar? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005O1N7KK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The motion is pretty much the same, the feel is just a little different with the tricep bar. It’s almost like you can extend more, or lock the elbows out just a little further with the neutral grip. It might even be Good for your elbow situation.
