Push-Up - Close Triceps Position
- Triceps
- Bodyweight
- Intermediate
- Compound
Muscles worked
Primary: triceps
Secondary: chest, shoulders
How to do it
- Lie on the floor face down and place your hands closer than shoulder width for a close hand position. Make sure that you are holding your torso up at arms' length.
- Lower yourself until your chest almost touches the floor as you inhale.
- Using your triceps and some of your pectoral muscles, press your upper body back up to the starting position and squeeze your chest. Breathe out as you perform this step.
- After a second pause at the contracted position, repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.
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