Beginner exercise

Band Skull Crusher

  • Muscle Growth
  • Bodybuilding

Technique

How to perform Band Skull Crusher

  1. Secure a band to the base of a rack or the bench or lay on top of it.
  2. Lay so that the band is lined up with your head.
  3. Take hold of the band, raising your elbows so that the upper arm is perpendicular to the floor.
  4. With the elbow flexed, the band should be above your head.
  5. This will be your starting position.
  6. Extend through the elbow to straighten your arm, keeping your upper arm in place.
  7. Pause at the top of the motion, and return to the starting position.

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Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Triceps Lateral Head, Triceps Long Head, Triceps Medial Head.

MuscleScoreRole
Triceps Lateral Head1.0Target, Mover
Triceps Long Head0.9Target, Mover
Triceps Medial Head0.9Target, Mover