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Close-Grip EZ-Bar Press
Close-Grip EZ-Bar Press is a beginner strength exercise using e-z curl bar. It works the triceps, with help from the chest and shoulders.
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- Main muscles
- triceps
- Also works
- chest, shoulders
How to do it
- Lie on a flat bench with an EZ bar loaded to an appropriate weight.
- Using a narrow grip lift the bar and hold it straight over your torso with your elbows in. The arms should be perpendicular to the floor. This will be your starting position.
- Now lower the bar down to your lower chest as you breathe in. Keep the elbows in as you perform this movement.
- Using the triceps to push the bar back up, press it back to the starting position by extending the elbows as you exhale.
- Repeat.
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Similar exercises
- EZ-Bar Skullcrusher · e-z curl bar, beginner
- Lying Close-Grip Barbell Triceps Press To Chin · e-z curl bar, intermediate
- Lying Triceps Press · e-z curl bar, intermediate
- Band Skull Crusher · bands, beginner
- Bench Dips · body only, beginner
- Body Tricep Press · body only, beginner
- Cable Incline Triceps Extension · cable, beginner
- Cable Lying Triceps Extension · cable, beginner
General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).