The Flame-Free Confession Thread

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@hugh_gilly

I do cheat reps with skull crushers, using some neck drive to get the bar off my forehead. I’m telling you, great mind connection. You can literally feel the weight with your head. Works great.

Careful. You may turn into this guy one day.

Am I the Only Rhinoceratops Here?

[image] You get it? Rhinoceros/Triceratops. I have had this lump since I started doing skull crushers for triceps. For about 2 years I frequently did this exercise with weights that are quite heavy for me so I am essentially forced to bounce the bar off of my forehead at the bottom. I now avoid it somewhat by lifting my head to meet the bar and using my neck muscles to ‘brake’ the dropping bar over about 4 inches distance (hurts and is probably harmful to my neck). There was a period of at …