Floor Skull Crushers

Floor Skull Crushers is a bilateral upper body exercise training the shoulder and elbow across the sagittal plane, using Dumbbell.

Laterality
Bilateral
Planes
Sagittal
Equipment
Dumbbell
Primary joints
Shoulder · Elbow
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How to perform it

  1. 1Lie on your back on the floor, knees bent, holding a dumbbell in each hand pressed straight up over your chest.
  2. 2Keeping your upper arms still, bend your elbows to lower the dumbbells back toward the floor beside your head.
  3. 3Let the dumbbells lightly touch the floor and pause.
  4. 4Straighten your elbows to press back to the start — only your forearms move, no bouncing.
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Training profile

Plane of motion

Training intent

MobilityRehab
Motor Control
Stability
Strength
Power
Tissue LoadingPerformance

Highlighted rungs are where this movement lives on the rehab → performance continuum.

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