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Cable Skull Crusher

Cable Skull Crusher

Set a low cable pulley and lie back on a flat bench positioned so the cable lines up with your head, holding a rope or bar with arms extended over your shoulders. Keeping your upper arms fixed and elbows pointing toward the ceiling, bend only at the elbows to lower the attachment toward your forehead. Extend your elbows to press the attachment back up, squeezing the triceps at the top. The cable keeps constant tension on the triceps through the entire range, even at lockout.

How it is executed

  1. Set a low cable pulley and lie back on a flat bench positioned so the cable lines up with your head, holding a rope or bar with arms extended over your shoulders.
  2. Keeping your upper arms fixed and elbows pointing toward the ceiling, bend only at the elbows to lower the attachment toward your forehead.
  3. Extend your elbows to press the attachment back up, squeezing the triceps at the top.
  4. The cable keeps constant tension on the triceps through the entire range, even at lockout.
Muscles worked
Triceps
Primary muscle
Triceps
Equipment
Cable
Movement pattern
Push
Difficulty
Intermediate
What it is for
Hypertrophy

Variations and substitutions

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