Need some help: What is this bar called and what is it for? It came with an assortment of weights.
Posted Oct 3, 2010, 6:04 AM UTC
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Triceps Bar, and its used like so.
Similar to a Poliquin Bar.
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Thanks! I've always done triceps with an EZ Curl Bar or dumbbells at the gym at work, never seen one of these before.
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looks like a swiss bar http://www.flexcart.com/members/elitefts/default.asp?m=PD&cid=114&pid=2468 Nice for lots of pressing movements, especially if your shoulders are fucked up
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Skull crushers
The benefit is that you can get your hands and elbows closer together while keeping your hands neutral (fetal position). The drawback is that the bar slips in your hands and keeps you from getting the skull crusher as deep.
Common mistake, eyal0 was talking about skullcrushers; slowing the bar is indicative of a tricep extension.
The skullcrushers have a joint saving bounce at the bottom of each rep.