Close-Grip Push-Up

Start

Finish

How to do it

Set the hands directly under the shoulders, lower your chest to the floor while keeping the elbows brushing past your ribs, then press back to lockout.

Muscles worked

Primary: triceps · Also works: chest, core

Equipment

No equipment

Common mistakes

• Letting the elbows flare wide as the set gets hard
• Hips sagging so the lower back takes the strain
• Stopping the press before the elbows fully straighten, which skips the triceps' best position

Variations

• Knee close-grip push-up
• Close-grip push-up with a bottom pause

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Diamond Push-Up
• Incline Close-Grip Push-Up
• Bench Triceps Dip

Related exercises

• Bench Triceps Diptriceps
• Diamond Push-Uptriceps
• Incline Close-Grip Push-Uptriceps
• Bodyweight Skullcrushertriceps
• Wall Triceps Extensiontriceps
• Sphinx Push-Uptriceps