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Incline Push-Up Close-Grip
Incline Push-Up Close-Grip is a beginner strength exercise using body only. 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
- 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.
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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).