Decline Skullcrusher (Barbell)
Trains the triceps. You need a barbell. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Decline Skullcrusher (Barbell)
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a triceps exercise that is, there are 12 on the Triceps page.
Muscles worked
What Decline Skullcrusher (Barbell) trains
Technique
How to do the Decline Skullcrusher (Barbell)
- Lie on a decline bench with your feet secured, holding a barbell with an overhand grip, hands about shoulder-width apart, and extend your arms straight above your chest.
- Keeping your upper arms stationary, bend your elbows to slowly lower the barbell towards your forehead.
- Stop just before the bar reaches your forehead, then extend your elbows to press the barbell back up to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Keep your upper arms still throughout the movement; only your forearms should move.
- Lower the bar slowly and under control; the decline keeps tension on your triceps at the top.
- Keep your elbows pointing up rather than flaring out.
- Inhale as you lower the bar and exhale as you press it back up.
Substitutes
Swap Decline Skullcrusher (Barbell) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Decline Skullcrusher (Barbell) for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.