Triceps · Barbell

Close Grip Bench Press (Barbell)

Triceps exercise with a barbell. Works the triceps, chest and shoulders.

Triceps Barbell Weights

The same demo you get in the app. Tap any exercise there for its stats and history.

How to do it

Close Grip Bench Press (Barbell), step by step

  1. 01

    Lie on a flat bench with your eyes under the bar and your feet flat on the floor.

  2. 02

    Grip the bar about shoulder width apart, closer than a normal bench press.

  3. 03

    Unrack the bar and hold it over your chest with straight arms.

  4. 04

    Lower it to your lower chest, keeping your elbows tucked close to your sides.

  5. 05

    Press back up by straightening your arms, squeezing your triceps at the top.

Close Grip Bench Press (Barbell) in Trainlike

Your next weight is already set.

Log this lift and Trainlike reads your sets against your best. Close out your rep range and the next workout opens with the weight moved up.

Come up short and it eases back by the real distance your sets showed, then climbs again as soon as you do. Every verdict opens the receipt: the number you had to beat and the sets that beat it.

+5 LBSMATCH YOUR BESTEASING BACK −5 LBS

How verdicts work in the user guide.

Train it, get it graded.

Log the Close Grip Bench Press (Barbell) in Trainlike and every workout comes back with a grade, the evidence, and your next target.

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First three workouts free, insights included.