3×/week8 weeks
Bodyweight Anywhere 3×
No gym needed: bodyweight and a resistance band, three times a week.
BeginnerGeneral fitness45 min
TricepsIntermediateCompound
Close-Grip Push-up
Push-up with hands close together for triceps.
Benefits
- Triceps strength without equipment
- Also trains chest and core
How to do it
- Hands under the chest, close together
- Elbows brush the ribs
- Straight body line
Common mistakes
- Elbows flaring out
- Hips sagging
Starting prescription
- sets
- 3
- reps
- 6–12
- Rest
- 60 s
- Reps in reserve
- 2
Safety and limitations
- Wrist · Avoid
Avoid with a moderate or worse wrist limitation; use an easier alternative. - Elbow · Avoid
Avoid with a severe or worse elbow limitation; use an easier alternative.
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