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Title: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: Boost on October 14, 2008, 01:08:58 PM
Lift4Size claims 220.
I actually believe he will have alot of guys eating humble pie when he posts his vid

Anyway what do you honestly lift in this exercise?
I tried today and got 110 x 8
Solid form



Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: QuakerOats on October 14, 2008, 01:14:14 PM
i do 'em on the flat bench, 35 pound fixed bar. ;D
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: coltrane on October 14, 2008, 01:18:21 PM
work up to a set of 5 with 165 (cambered bar of 25 lbs, and a 45lb and 25lb on each side) natural


220 sounds legit if on....
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: QuakerOats on October 14, 2008, 01:22:24 PM
work up to a set of 5 with 165 (cambered bar of 25 lbs, and a 45lb and 25lb on each side) natural


220 sounds legit if on....
any proof?
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: mesmorph78 on October 14, 2008, 01:23:47 PM
themost ive ever done is two 45 pound plates each side of a ez bar for a couple reps which is equal to
but thats silly kills the joints
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: QuakerOats on October 14, 2008, 01:24:49 PM
themost ive ever done is two 45 pound plates each side of a ez bar for a couple reps which is equal to
but thats silly kills the joints
of course you did. ::)
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: mesmorph78 on October 14, 2008, 01:26:45 PM
you never get tired of this do u...
i would have thought by now u would realise you can never have me in a state like you did RC money
.. how many years have you been trying now?
go pick on someone you can handle...
 8)
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: ChinoXL on October 14, 2008, 01:28:23 PM
any proof?

who didn't see that one coming?   ;D

two 25 lb plates on each side of a cambered bar is all I work up to these days.
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: dr.chimps on October 14, 2008, 01:30:51 PM
of course you did. ::)
Hell, even I've done two wheels. But Meso's right - that shit just farks up your elbows. Close-grips and dips FTW!
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: QuakerOats on October 14, 2008, 01:31:38 PM
you never get tired of this do u...
i would have thought by now u would realise you can never have me in a state like you did RC money
.. how many years have you been trying now?
go pick on someone you can handle...
 8)
not trying to "pick on you" cause i think you're a good dude but i think you get a little carried away with your claims sometimes.
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: Zach Trowbridge on October 14, 2008, 01:32:31 PM
95x6, on a good day.
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: QuakerOats on October 14, 2008, 01:33:41 PM
Hell, even I've done two wheels. But Meso's right - that shit just farks up your elbows. Close-grips and dips FTW!
hahahaha, booooooooooolsheeeeeeeee eiiiiiiiiittttttttttt. :D
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: mesmorph78 on October 14, 2008, 01:35:23 PM
so i come across as someone who needs to lie.. how many vids have i posted here now..
cmon man...

a vid of me doin dips with 4 plates 8 reps
that was after 3 plates for 12
barbell rows 315
160lb pound dumbell presses...
deads... with 500 which was my max at the time...
i have done 585 (for the record)
you have seen this vids and skull crushers with 2 plates is impossible...
ha ha ok man
;-)l ..
 8)
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: QuakerOats on October 14, 2008, 01:36:57 PM
so i come across as someone who needs to lie.. how many vids have i posted here now..
cmon man...

a vid of me doin dips with 4 plates 8 reps
that was after 3 plates for 12
barbell rows 315
160lb pound dumbell presses...
deads... with 500 which was my max at the time...
i have done 585 (for the record)
you have seen this vids and skull crushers with 2 plates is impossible...
ha ha ok man
;-)l ..
 8)
maybe flat bench skull crushers for a few hard reps but no fuccking way overhead extensions, sorry man.
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: dr.chimps on October 14, 2008, 01:57:24 PM
hahahaha, booooooooooolsheeeeeeeee eiiiiiiiiittttttttttt. :D
Ha! I see where you're going. I meant one a side: two total. My mistake. You want something stupid? Couple years ago, I got was using one aside with straight bar for lying extensions. Couldn't figure for the life of me why my elbows felt like they were cancerous. What a maroon.   8)
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: dan18 on October 14, 2008, 02:28:51 PM
skull crushers with curl bar 140.. 2 45s and 2 25s
seated behind the head same maybe 20 pounds more. no real reason to go more..
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: Overload on October 14, 2008, 02:37:48 PM
I have used a 160 pound DB in the past for 8-12 reps.

I've never done them heavy with a barbell, murders my wrists.

8)
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: Griffith on October 14, 2008, 02:47:13 PM
47 kg's for 3 sets of 6 on the curl-bar

But I get better results just cranking out the reps at lower weight and going for volume. My elbows seem to prefer it as well.
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: Jeffro on October 14, 2008, 02:48:59 PM
Fuck, we must have some real monsters on the board!!  Beasts!!!!! :o
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: mesmorph78 on October 14, 2008, 03:08:56 PM
maybe flat bench skull crushers for a few hard reps but no fuccking way overhead extensions, sorry man.


my bad my bad i thought this thread was about skull crushers....
laying flat i just realised now its like incline french press no i dont go that heavy on those
that would really really punish my joints...
but i have used that weight on flat


Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: wes on October 14, 2008, 03:10:05 PM
100 for 8 on the 4th. set after pyramiding up from 70 pounds in 10 pound jumps............probabl y a little more if I just warmed up and went for it.
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: wes on October 14, 2008, 03:10:48 PM
For internet purposes................ ...225 for sets of 15 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :)
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: coltrane on October 15, 2008, 06:28:53 AM
any proof?

nope, no proof.  I don't bring video cameras into the gym... kinda silly if you ask me. 

Why would i lie to a bunch of ppl i don't know anyway?   ::)
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: coltrane on October 15, 2008, 06:30:16 AM
wait wait...  are we talking    skull crushers or the ones sitting upright?

i'm talking skullcrushers.....
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: mesmorph78 on October 15, 2008, 01:40:31 PM
same here....
i thought it was skulls
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: chris_mason on October 15, 2008, 03:16:47 PM
I don't do them, but I tried them a while back and was able to play pretty easily with 135 lbs.  My joints really don't like the exercise much.
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: elite_lifter on October 15, 2008, 03:22:39 PM
db overheads for me, hard on my elbows so I don't them much, most i've done db OH press is 100lb db.
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: funk51 on December 24, 2008, 12:01:16 PM
185 for reps reg park style in a power rack.
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: Cleanest Natural on December 24, 2008, 12:03:55 PM
I have used a 160 pound DB in the past for 8-12 reps.

I've never done them heavy with a barbell, murders my wrists.

8)
:D
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: flexingtonsteele on December 24, 2008, 12:07:20 PM
On getbig 185 for 15 reps without breaking a sweat.

IRL= 100 for 10, but then i cant do them for a few months because my elbows get so sore from the movement  :'(
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: Cleanest Natural on December 24, 2008, 01:35:47 PM
it's a stupid exercise to try with heavy weight due to the scizzoring forces on your tendons . awkward

who cares how heavy you go anyway ?

show me the tricep
Title: Re: What do you HONESTLY push..... overhead barbell tricep extensions
Post by: MisterMagoo on December 24, 2008, 01:57:46 PM
135x6 with a straight bar, using Lift4Size's form but going down to the base of my skull. it was brutal, but my triceps felt amazing afterwards. tips of my elbows have been acting up lately so i can't do any extensions at all.