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ez bar isolation Activity intensity • Moderate
✓ knee safe
✓ shoulder safe
✓ lower back safe
Lying EZ-Bar Tricep Extension (Skullcrusher)
Primary Muscles: triceps
DEFAULT REP RANGE
8-12 reps
INTERVAL REST TARGET
90s
DIFFICULTY
intermediate
Biomechanical Coaching Cues
- Lie on a flat or slight incline bench and angle your upper arms 15 degrees back toward your head.
- Lower the EZ-bar toward your forehead or just behind the crown of your head to keep constant tension on the long head.
- Extend the elbows smoothly back to the starting angle.
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