The Reverse Skull Crusher Arm Exercise

Video Transcript

" Hi! This is Manny Castro, Exercise Physiologist. This exercise is another variation similar to all the other skull crusher exercises that we did with the supine triceps extension with the barbell and dumbbells. This one again, this variation is going to be with the dumbbells. What we want to do is we want to reverse our grip, so this is a reverse grip supine dumbbell triceps extension. Basically, what you’re going to do is lay it back, just like in the other exercises. This is the most important thing. Remember we had 2 other grips. We had the grip with the skull crusher, the barbell extension this way, with the palms facing forward. We had the grip with the palms facing in. Now we’re going to try the grip with the palms facing backward. What we’re doing really, is now we’re targeting the inner head of the tricep, or this side right here as opposed to the outer head out here. So reverse grip. Remember your elbows are pointing forward. You want to have them with the arms pointing straight up. Another variation, and as I said before, and remember this, there are 3 different heads on the triceps on the back of your arm. The lateral, middle, and the medial towards this side, the inner side of your arm. You want to target all 3 of these to get a full work-out or a full definition on the back of your arm. "