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EZ bar tricep extensions

Hi!

I have recently discovered the EZ bar, and have now tried doing my lying tricep extensions with it. I used to do cable pushdowns and DB skullcrushers, but I am now considering replacing my DB skullcrushers with the EZ bar variant, as it felt like I got a much better activation with the bar than what I feel with the DBs.

From a quick google search there seem to be mainly two variants to the lying EZ tricep extension; one where you lower the bar to the forehead/nose which would mimic the regular skullcrusher movement, and one where you lower the bar back down over the head.

My initial thought was that lowering it down over the head seemed risky on the shoulders. But since I am lifting no where near any weight that would be a danger to my shoulders, I decided to give it a go. And it honestly felt like I got a much better stretch and pump by doing that versus just lowering it to my forehead like a regular skullcrusher.

Is there any sort of consensus regarding these two variants? I liked both more than my DB skullcrushers, but should I do one variant over the other or just go with the overhead one since that just felt better? Maybe the feeling of an extra pump was just from doing a new sort of movement?

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