Few words strike PAIN into the elbows of old school lifters like Extensions Meathead Humor: Q: "Who Does Skullcrushers?" A: "No One Over 30." Elbows Just Ain't Built For It Triceps extension exercises, like skullcrushers, place the triceps in a fully stretched and maximally loaded position at the same time. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing except that the triceps tendon is stretched DIRECTLY OVER THE ELBOW. That's the back of your arm. The white line that "connects" the Long, Lateral and Medial heads? That's the triceps tendon. See that knob it crosses over? That's the elbow. And that probably wouldn't be an issue except elbows are boney as all F, and … [Read more...]
You Should Do This: Floor Press
June 15, 2017 by
The Floor Press: It's nothing more than a bench press without the bench. <---like you couldn't figure that one out. Why It's Awesome: Limits the range of motion at the shoulder joint. It's pretty hard to "dump" (approximation the Humerus) the shoulder forward with these. MUCH easier on the lower back than the bench press cause the legs are out of the equation. The floor provides MUCH better feedback than the bench for maintaining shoulder tightness (packing) and driving the shoulders down into the ground to press the weight. Full Pause or Touch and Go? Either.... Full Pause Floor presses are GREAT for building speed, starting strength and … [Read more...]
