Close-Grip Bench Press
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PrimarySecondaryTertiary
Muscles worked
TricepsPrimary · 100%
ChestSecondary · 60%
ShouldersTertiary · 30%
Equipment
BarbellFlat Bench
How to log the weight
Total bar weight
Log the total bar weight including the bar itself — an Olympic bar is 20 kg empty.
Recovery window
~54h for the primary movers
Triceps~54h
Chest~72h
Shoulders~54h
Programming notes
Close-Grip Bench Press is driven by the triceps, with chest and shoulders assisting. Give the primary movers roughly 72 hours before loading them hard again. In the same session it pairs cleanly with Pull-up, whose primary movers don't overlap with anything this exercise works.