Incline Push-Up Close-Grip
How to do the Incline Push-Up Close-Grip with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.
Triceps
Chest, Shoulders
Body Only
How to do the Incline Push-Up Close-Grip
- 1
Stand facing a Smith machine bar or sturdy elevated platform at an appropriate height.
- 2
Place your hands next to one another on the bar.
- 3
Position your feet back from the bar with arms and body straight. This will be your starting position.
- 4
Keeping your body straight, lower your chest to the bar by bending the arms.
- 5
Return to the starting position by extending the elbows, pressing yourself back up.
Log it, see it on your body.
Every Incline Push-Up Close-Grip set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your triceps volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.
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