Close Arm Press Up

A good upper body exercise that helps strengthen the tricep muscle.

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CLOSE UP OF HANDS

Dependent upon your strength, adopt a suitable position, either full press-up or resting on your knees, however make sure that your hands are placed under your chest, with thumb and fingers touching.

Keeping your elbows close to your side, lower down taking your lower chest down to your hands, avoid placing your hands to far forward, as this will cause stress in your shoulders and lower back, due to the angle of your arms.

Focus on keeping a straight back throughout the movement, taking note that this is a difficult exercise, compared to a normal press-up position, so you may wish to start in a full press-up position, then perform a few more reps whilst resting on your knees.

The exercise can be made easier by having a small gap between your hands, however this takes the workload off your triceps, and places it more onto the chest and shoulders.