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Medicine Ball Close-Grip Push-Up

Expert Advice

Keep your elbows close to your body to increase tricep activation and maintain a straight body line to engage your core.

How-to-do Steps

  1. Place a medicine ball on the floor and assume a push-up position with your hands on the ball.
  2. Keep your hands close together to form a diamond shape with your thumbs and index fingers.
  3. Lower your chest towards the ball while keeping your body straight.
  4. Press back up to the starting position, fully extending your arms.
  5. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Details

Primary
Triceps
Triceps50%
Secondary
Shoulders
Shoulders25%
Chest
Chest25%
50%Triceps25%Shoulders25%Chest
Equipment
Medicine Ball
Medicine Ball
Exercise Type
Strength