Push-Ups - Close Triceps Position

How to do the Push-Ups - Close Triceps Position

1. 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.
2. Lower yourself until your chest almost touches the floor as you inhale.
3. 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.
4. After a second pause at the contracted position, repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.

Muscles worked

Role	Muscles
Primary	triceps
Secondary	chest, shoulders
Equipment	no equipment
Difficulty	intermediate
Type	compound

Train the same muscles a different way

6 alternatives for the same triceps, with and without kit.

Close-Grip Dumbbell Press Dumbbell Lying Dumbbell Tricep Extension Dumbbell Standing One-Arm Dumbbell Triceps Extension Dumbbell Tate Press Dumbbell Close-Grip Barbell Bench Press Barbell Decline Close-Grip Bench To Skull Crusher Barbell

Easier than the Push-Ups - Close Triceps Position

Same movement pattern, lower entry difficulty — work up from here.

Bench Dips beginner · Bodyweight Close-Grip Barbell Bench Press beginner · Barbell Close-Grip Dumbbell Press beginner · Dumbbell

Harder than the Push-Ups - Close Triceps Position

Bench Press with Chains expert · Barbell

Superset the Push-Ups - Close Triceps Position with

Opposing biceps work — alternate sets without extra rest.

Drag Curl biceps High Cable Curls biceps Dumbbell Prone Incline Curl biceps Lying Cable Curl biceps

Common questions

What muscles does the Push-Ups - Close Triceps Position work?

The Push-Ups - Close Triceps Position primarily works the triceps, with the chest and shoulders as secondary movers. Bench Dips, Close-Grip Barbell Bench Press, and Close-Grip Dumbbell Press train the same muscle, across 9 equipment types.

What equipment do you need for the Push-Ups - Close Triceps Position?

None — the Push-Ups - Close Triceps Position is bodyweight, so it works at home, in a hotel room or outdoors. Bench Dips and Close-Grip Barbell Bench Press also need nothing.

Is the Push-Ups - Close Triceps Position suitable for beginners?

It is rated intermediate. Start with Bench Dips, Close-Grip Barbell Bench Press, and Close-Grip Dumbbell Press and work up.

Where should the Push-Ups - Close Triceps Position go in a workout?

Early — the Push-Ups - Close Triceps Position is compound, working 3 muscle groups, so run it first or second while you are fresh, then superset Drag Curl and High Cable Curls later.

Similar exercises

Bench Dips Bodyweight Close-Grip Barbell Bench Press Barbell Close-Grip Dumbbell Press Dumbbell Close-Grip EZ-Bar Press EZ Curl Bar Close-Grip Push-Up off of a Dumbbell Bodyweight Decline Close-Grip Bench To Skull Crusher Barbell