Arms · EZ Bar · Compound · Beginner
Close-Grip EZ-Bar Press
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Triceps
- Also working
- Chest, Shoulders
How to do it
- Lie on a flat bench with an EZ bar loaded to an appropriate weight.
- Using a narrow grip lift the bar and hold it straight over your torso with your elbows in. The arms should be perpendicular to the floor. This will be your starting position.
- Now lower the bar down to your lower chest as you breathe in. Keep the elbows in as you perform this movement.
- Using the triceps to push the bar back up, press it back to the starting position by extending the elbows as you exhale.
- Repeat.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the triceps as its main muscle and is also a push, on a different piece of equipment.
Other tricep exercises
- Chain Handle Extension · Other
- Close-Grip Barbell Bench Press · Barbell
- Close-Grip Dumbbell Press · Dumbbell
- Close-Grip Push-Up off of a Dumbbell · Bodyweight
- Decline Close-Grip Bench To Skull Crusher · Barbell
- Decline Dumbbell Triceps Extension · Dumbbell
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