Band Skull Crusher

Triceps · Band

How to do it

Anchor the band to the base of the bench or rack, behind your head. Lie back and grip the handles with your arms straight over your chest. **Without the elbow moving**, lower your hands towards your forehead bending only the forearm, and extend as you breathe out. The band bites hardest at full extension, which is where a barbell skull crusher rests: that is why the top burns. The classic mistake is letting the elbow travel back for help; anchor the upper arm and leave it.

Variants

The drawing shows one way of doing it, and the technique above describes that one. Almost every exercise has variants — standing or seated, the grip, the bench angle — and is still the same exercise: if you do it another way, write it in the exercise note and you will have it every time you train it.

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