Close-grip bench press

intermediatebarbellbenchcompound exercise

Muscles worked

Primary: triceps

Secondary: chest, shoulders

Correct technique

1Shoulder-width grip, elbows close to your body, lower the bar to the bottom of your chest.

Breathing: Exhale on the effort (lifting, pressing, pulling), inhale as you release.

If you have pain in your wrists, choose a gentler variation. In your custom plan we leave it out completely in that case.

Want this exercise in a custom plan?

4 weeks of training and a meal plan based on your body, goal and equipment.