dumbbell close-grip press
dumbbell close-grip press exercise guide with muscles, equipment, animation and step-by-step instructions. Target: triceps. Equipment: dumbbell.
- Target muscle
- triceps
- Muscle group
- chest
- Body part
- upper arms
- Equipment
- dumbbell
Secondary muscles
chest, shoulders
How to perform
- Sit on a flat bench with a dumbbell in each hand, resting on your thighs.
- Using your thighs to help raise the dumbbells, lift the dumbbells one at a time so that you can hold them in front of you at shoulder width.
- Once at shoulder width, rotate your wrists forward so that the palms of your hands are facing away from you. This will be your starting position.
- As you breathe in, slowly lower the dumbbells to your side until they are about level with your chest.
- As you exhale, use your triceps to lift the dumbbells back to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.