Incline Push-Up Close-Grip

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Watch Incline Push-Up Close-Grip

Technique

How to perform Incline Push-Up Close-Grip

1. Use a securely fixed Smith machine bar, stable bench, or stable box at your chosen hand height.
2. Place your hands closer than shoulder width on the support.
3. Step your feet back and hold your body in one straight inclined line.
4. Bend your elbows to lower your chest toward your hands, keeping your torso and hips moving together.
5. Press through both hands to straighten your elbows and return to the start.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Triceps Lateral Head, Triceps Long Head, Triceps Medial Head, Pectoralis Major Sternocostal Head, Pectoralis Major Clavicular Head.

Calisthenics graph

Progression relationships

These relationships describe graph position, not personal readiness.