: Dealing with Elbow Pain from Triceps Work – Any Fixes?

[Huntert90]

My elbows have been killing me every time I hit skull crushers or dips. Tried changing form, didn’t help much. Anyone dealt with this and actually fixed it?

[Jett-Muscle]

Happened to me last year. It turned out it was just inflammation from doing too much volume. I swapped skull crushers for rope pushdowns for a few weeks, and it calmed down.

[GritTy5*]

Could be triceps tendonitis, man. Try ice after workouts and stay away from heavy extensions for a bit.

[Huntert90]

Yeah, I was doing heavy close-grip bench and skull crushers in the same session. Probably too much stress.

[JaxBulk(JB)]

Yup, that’ll do it. I limit direct triceps work when pressing heavy. You only need 1–2 solid triceps movements if you’re already benching a lot.

[AlexS#S]

Add some high-rep band pushdowns before your heavy sets. It warms up the elbows nicely.

[Jjohnson]

Also check your grip width too narrow puts extra strain on the joint.

[Huntert90]

Good call. I’ll try wider grip next time. Gonna give my elbows a week off too.

[ThomasM]

Smart move. A week of rest + light band work usually clears it up. Don’t push through elbow pain, it just gets worse.

[Richardd5]

Elbows hate ego lifting. Warm them up, stay patient. Been there, I learned the hard way.