Strength · Horizontal press · Barbell
Close-Grip Bench Press
Close-Grip Bench Press is a strength exercise with a barbell that mainly works the triceps, with help from the chest and front delts.
How to do it
- Shoulder blades back and down, feet planted
- Lower the bar to the lower chest
- Elbows at about 45° from the body
- Press up and slightly back over the shoulders
In Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead starts you on 3 sets of 5–8 reps with 3:00 rest. When every set reaches 8 reps, the weight goes up 2.5 kg, or 5 lb if you train in pounds.
Warm-up sets are planned from your first work set: the empty bar, then 40, 60 and 80 %.
Muscles worked
Mainly
- Triceps
Also
- Chest
- Front delts
Joints it loads
- Shoulder some
- Wrist some
With an injury here, the app warns you before this exercise.
Log it in Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead works out your next set of close-grip bench press, and every other lift, from your own numbers.
Test it before releaseSimilar exercises
The same movement, done another way: what the app suggests when you swap.