✓ Correct form
Triceps · Intermediate
Close-Grip Bench Press
Triceps · also Chest, Front Delts
Equipment: Barbell, Flat Bench, Rack
How to do it
- Lie with eyes under the bar, feet flat, glutes on the bench
- Grip about shoulder-width, hands in line with your shoulders
- Unrack and hold the bar over your lower chest
- Lower to your lower chest with elbows close to your ribs
- Press back up, driving your feet into the floor
Common mistake
✕ HANDS TOO CLOSE TOGETHER → ✓ HANDS ABOUT SHOULDER-WIDTH
Starting point: 4 sets × 6–10 reps, 120s rest.
In the app: rotate the 3D model, slow it down and watch the mistake next to the correct form.
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Cues checked against: acefitness.org, nasm.org, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
