Band Skull Crusher
Equipment: Bands
Primary muscles: Triceps
Strength
Push-Ups - Close Triceps Position Exercise
Push-Ups - Close Triceps Position is a Intermediate Strength exercise using Body Only for Triceps. Lie on the floor face down and place your hands closer than...
Exercise Details
- Category
- Strength
- Level
- Intermediate
- Equipment
- Body Only
- Force
- Push
- Mechanic
- Compound
- Primary muscles
- Triceps
- Secondary muscles
- Chest, Shoulders
How to Do Push-Ups - Close Triceps Position
- 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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