what to do instead of skullcrushers?
i like doing skullcrushers (lying tricep extension or french curl) but lately my elbows are just killing me while i do them. winny doesn't help the matter much either with the joints already being tender. is there any way to modify the exercise so it doesn't hurt? if not, what are some other good mass building tricep exercises that i can use during arms day? any help would be appreciated.
Thoughts about elbows etc....
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speese
i like doing skullcrushers (lying tricep extension or french curl) but lately my elbows are just killing me while i do them. winny doesn't help the matter much either with the joints already being tender. is there any way to modify the exercise so it doesn't hurt? if not, what are some other good mass building tricep exercises that i can use during arms day? any help would be appreciated.
I know you published this some time ago but, late news is better than no news.
I have progressed over the years to get strong and in fact seemed to get a lot stronger than I ever had been when I reached 50 years! But, one of the problems just starting as I reach 52 is that with a good practice of 4 day body part splits and good slow progress; I have the same elbow pain as you. I have had professionals look over the problem and it seems to be that most of us, no matter what the age, get bone spurs on the ulna that is the direct effect of your discomfort. It pinches nerves and makes tendon's go back and forth(right and left) over a bone spur.....etc.
I do not have arthritis or other torn tissue.
I do 115x10, 135x10, 155x10 with 8 presses/super-set on last set. That went all right for a months but keeping weight the same and not changing - > forearm and tricep felt some stress before just before the elbow got very painful. With no problem on heavy flat bench, decline bench or tricep extentions....."the skulls with the position of the ulna" is what is killing things in conjunction with the coronoid process.
Easy answer which is painless: reverse grip for skull crushers and use wraps on your hands. It become painless and is a great break for the spurs you have possibly developed on your ulna and the anterior band of nerve and tendon pinches.
If this doesn't solve it, you may need to get an MRI to find out what soft tissue has been trapped and maybe a complication of the radial tuberosity. That requires more interior bone shaving than just spurs being removed on the end of the ulna.
Nevertheless; try the other exercise to make sure the tricep and all tendons are intact before letting any orthopedic surgeon scrape your insides!