Smith Machine Skull Crusher
Position a flat bench under the Smith bar. Lie back with your head near one end of the bench and grip the bar slightly narrower than shoulder width. Unrack and bring the bar over your forehead with arms extended. Bend the elbows to lower the bar toward your forehead or just past it, keeping the upper arms vertical. Extend the elbows to press the bar back up along the fixed path.
How it is executed
- Position a flat bench under the Smith bar.
- Lie back with your head near one end of the bench and grip the bar slightly narrower than shoulder width.
- Unrack and bring the bar over your forehead with arms extended.
- Bend the elbows to lower the bar toward your forehead or just past it, keeping the upper arms vertical.
- Extend the elbows to press the bar back up along the fixed path.
- Muscles worked
- Triceps
- Primary muscle
- Triceps
- Equipment
- Smith machine · Bench
- Movement pattern
- Push
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- What it is for
- Strength · Hypertrophy
