The french curl

[Wyllis]

What is it?

I was just reading an article of Ronnie Coleman in Flex and he says that the seated french curl is one of the best triceps exercise for the tricep belly.

 

[MrMuscle]

probably seated overhead french presses.

use a ez-bar, sit on a low-back bench, or a no back bench. raise you arms over your head, straight, then curl the weight backwards untill it is behind you head, and press it up again. lockout is optional

 

[herk]

Isn't that the same as a skull crusher?

 

[supersizeme]

yeah it's another way of referring to a skull crusher.

 

[SAGAT]

hmmm..... i thought skull crushers are done lying down and french presses sitting up... oh well

 

[110%]

yeah i have always thought the skullcrushers were sitting with a dumblee raising over your head then down to your neck, and french curls by laying down and having our arms straight up and lowering the weight towards your head, but i keep saying contradicting names of these exercises in magazines, which one is which?

 

[DaCypher]

I've heard several different opinions on which is which. Also, what is it called when you do seated overhead barbell (or ez bar) tricep extensions (kind of a mix between to the two exercises)?