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Posted at December 27, 2014, 2:38 am:

it seems every few days on here there is somebody complaining about how their elbows hurt, or they pop, or something along those lines. there is one thing ive noticed about all of these people. nearly all of them do skullcrushers. there is a reason why skull crushers are refered to as elbow ****ers, because thats exactly what skull crushers do. they **** your elbows up. when you take a look at the technique of a skullcrusher it puts your elbow in an very bad position. because the upperarm does not move at all and the elbow remains fixed in one place nearly all the pressure falls on the elbow. this will not do for those of us who still want to be lifting pain free(as possible) in the next 5 years. this is also why i am such an advocate of doing lying tricep extensions instead of elbow crushers. ive said this before and ill say it again... skull crushers are nothing more than piss poor tricep extensions.

here is a lying tricep extension
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...ingTriExt.html

here is a skullcrusher
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...gTriExtSC.html

notice how on a lying tricep extension the upper arm moves back therefore releasing pressure off of the elbow, and putting it onto the lats. doing them this way is not only much, much safer, but you can also lift more weight this way and have a greater ROM, also making them more effective. there should be no debate between which of these two excercises should be used. lying tricep extensions are clearly much more effective and much safer than skull crushers.

Original of the message was taken from http://forum.bodybuilding.com/

Replies:

yep.

When these people realise that when you take pressure off the elbow.

i disagree, its about taking pressure off of the joint, not the muscle...

Using the easy-curl bar, I had a similar problem.

Ditto.

The tricep doesnt need "pressure" to grow, it needs contract...

skullcrushers are usually fine if u do them right.

It needs time under tension, and for most, if not all muscles, the gre...

Don't flame me for this, but.

Never been a fan of skullcrushers.

I dont even bother reading all the posts in threads anymore.

The pressure the people are feeling is at the joint and the tendons.

At the bottom of the movement?? Wrong.

I used to get elbow pain from Skull Crushers as well.

I posted this a few hours ago in another part of the forum, thought it...

mike- i do the same thing.

If you ask me that vid showed a lying triceps extension at its worst, ...

not to beat a dead horse, but.

no need to flame you OKI, because you are on the right track! Of cour...

That's how I feel.

Do em on an incline and they won't hurt.

tate presses work great

Agreed but completely dif tricep exercise

Becaus there's so much stress on the triceps during lock-out.

You're supposed to keep your upper arm stil, but keep it pointed backw...

alot of people stop at around 90 degrees on skullcrushers.

i see them as two different excercies.

So long as you can do that and stay away from injuries or aching joint...

i just dont see the point in doing all those reps even for a warm up.

I do skull crushers, and never have pain in my elbows.

END THREAD repped

Exactly.

I agree with de_barathrum.

Sorry to break this up to you but there are few exercises out there th...

hmmm.

Do whatever it takes.

*sighs* please reread my original post.

Humm.

My elbows used to hurt, but I ended up changing the way I do it into a...

if skullcrushers are so great then why do so many people complain of e...

yeah thats pretty much how its supposed to be done.

Here's an idea.

what the ****?! in case you havent noticed every 3 days there is a ...

Do you really think people are going to search the forum and read this...

when its on the first page? at the very top? because you just bumped...

I think there's no harm in letting people know there are potentially s...

Yeah, and how many threads are there about people injuring their shoul...

so? what is your point? its because of those threads that alot of pe...

you said it better in one post than i have in this entire thread.

thickasabrick-- imo, thats where i think ur absolutely wrong.

You're entitled to your opinion.

Alright this is the same pro skullcrusher / anti-skullcrusher crap tha...

Same here, with upgrights and arnolds.

ill bump it whenever i see the next skullcrushers thread.

i didn't realize that they were 2 different excercises.

I do Skull Crushers and haven't had any major issues with elbow pain t...

can udo lying tricep extensions with dumbbells as well?

My point is that a safer exercise is almost always a less effective ex...

So WTF do you care?

my point is (which i think ive made about 8 times in this thread alrea...

its a matter of not seeing the same damn thread posted every 3 days mo...

yes but i prefer a barbell.

its not a war, its a debate.

And my point is that they may be safer but they are NOT more effective...

well i guess we are just going to have to accept the fact that our exp...

I don't understand how these threads can get to 3 pages when the answe...

Well there you go.

uriel- imo, lying tri extensions r not only safer but ARE more effe...

It isn't that simple.

first off, im directly comparing those 2 exercises.

this is absurd.

Dude, I could give one single shit about your elbow problems or whethe...

i could have typed out something along those lines again but i get tir...

At least my elbows don't hurt.

lmao.

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