EZ-Bar Skullcrusher

The skullcrusher is one of the best mass builders for the triceps, and the EZ bar makes it friendlier to your joints. Lying on a bench, you lower a loaded EZ bar toward your forehead by bending only at the elbows, then extend back to lockout — a movement that stretches and loads all three heads of the triceps under real weight. The EZ bar's cambered grip is the key detail: it keeps your wrists at a more natural angle than a straight bar, taking pressure off the joint while you handle heavy loads. That combination of a good stretch and the ability to go heavy is what makes it so effective for building triceps size and strength. The cautions are practical: heavy sets really want a spotter, and dropping the bar too low behind your head or too far onto your forehead stacks stress on the elbows. Keep your upper arms steady, lower under control, and stop where your elbows stay happy. Trained sensibly, it's a triceps staple worth keeping.