EZ-Bar Skull Crusher

Danish: Liggende tricepsstræk med EZ-stang

Movement pattern

Elbow extension

Equipment

Weight bench, EZ curl bar

Main muscles

Triceps brachii (lateral head), Triceps brachii (long head), Triceps brachii (medial head)

Also works

—

Stabilisers

Infraspinatus, Subscapularis, Supraspinatus, Teres minor

Muscle groups

Triceps

Level

Intermediate

Type

Isolation, push

Load

External load

Logged as

Reps

Joint load

Elbow: high

Related exercises

Alternatives: Barbell Skull Crusher, Cable Skull Crusher, Close-Grip Bench Press, Close-Grip Smith Machine Bench Press, Dumbbell Skull Crusher, Overhead Dumbbell Triceps Extension, Seated Dumbbell Overhead Triceps Extension

Opposing movement: Preacher Curl

Other names

German: Frenchpress SZ-Stange · Spanish: Press Francés con Barra SZ · French: Barre au front à la barre EZ

Liftosaur: Skullcrusher, EZ Bar · wger: Lying Triceps Extensions, Skullcrusher SZ-bar · free-exercise-db: EZ-Bar Skullcrusher

Also called: EZ-Bar Lying Triceps Extension, EZ-Bar Skull Crushers, EZ-Bar Skullcrusher, EZ-Bar Skullcrushers, Lying Triceps Extension, Skull Crusher (EZ Bar), Skull Crushers (EZ Bar), Skullcrusher (EZ Bar), Skullcrushers (EZ Bar)

Build a plan See it in the explorer

Identifier: https://overachiever.eu/kg/exercise/skull-crusher

Exercise data: Exercise Knowledge Graph by Giovanni Degani, incl. wger contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0. Version 1.0.0. Adapted from the Exercise Knowledge Graph; licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Attribution and sources · Download the data (JSON)