Skull crusher/Close grip bench? or bothhh??

[Placebro]

Lately, I've gone pretty light, I'm working on ROM, elbow flare and grip....I haven't found a sweet spot yet.

[OdinsOtherSon]

Lately, I've gone pretty light, I'm working on ROM, elbow flare and grip....I haven't found a sweet spot yet.

Personally, if I go too light with a given movement its more difficult for me to find that "sweet spot" than it would have been if I had over shot the weight just a tad. Too light, and your all over the place...not to mention wasting your time.

[Placebro]

I kinda subscribe to the light weight and contraction approach vs. heavy...just have seen a lot better results that way. Like if I go heavy on skullcrushers, I'll end up bringing my shoulders/latts into it and not really feeling too much activation in the tri's =(.

What type of grip/elbow flare do you use?

[OdinsOtherSon]

I understand. Go with what works for you. That is what's important. I use an ez-curl bar for skull crushers and will vary my grip from very narrow (hands almost touching) to about shoulder width. Usually I try to keep elbows tucked. (When performing narrow grip presses, I tend to flare). Your ability to adapt, cause trust me your body IS going to change over time, is paramount and if you continue to lift you will find that you will have to make adjustments to your technique as you begin to age. Our body mechanics are all very similar, yet very dissimilar at the same time. You just gotta find your groove, yet not be so locked into it that you can't make changes when necessary; hence my original statement about if the weight is too light, it may be difficult to really find how best to make a movement best work for you. That is my personal thing, you have to find yours!

[Placebro]

Great info!
I've been lifting for about 6 years now and lately have been trying to pick apart all of my lifts to try to analyze them to make sure my "groove" as you said is the best that it can possibly be. Its frustrating because on some lifts-mainly triceps I'll do a set and I'll know I've done better before but I just cant seem to hit the muscle in the exact right spot to get that same feeling. I used to have the same type of issue with biceps, but I got specifically familiar with how different grips, bars, and movement of arms relative to the shoulders influenced the specific heads of the bicep and brachialis. It's just how I process things in order to link my mind to muscle to get a groove-but it is hard for me to get that knowledge from just watching someone do it...if that makes any sense.