How to Do Incline Push-Up Close-Grip
Step-by-step instructions, muscles worked and workouts that use the incline push-up close-grip.
| Main muscles | Triceps |
| Also works | Chest, Shoulders |
| Equipment | Body Only |
| Level | Beginner |
| Type | Strength |
How to do it
- Stand facing a Smith machine bar or sturdy elevated platform at an appropriate height.
- Place your hands next to one another on the bar.
- Position your feet back from the bar with arms and body straight. This will be your starting position.
- Keeping your body straight, lower your chest to the bar by bending the arms.
- Return to the starting position by extending the elbows, pressing yourself back up.
Form tips
- Start light and own the movement before adding weight.
- Control the lowering phase — don't drop into it.
- Keep breathing; exhale on the hardest part.
- Stop if you feel sharp pain (different from muscle burn).
Workouts with this exercise
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