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How to do Closed Grip Pushups With Perfect Pushup Handles

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By Mark Sandritter
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Perfect Pushup handles are a great way to enhance the workout you getting from doing standard pushups. They are a quick, relatively easy and convenient way to get an upper body workout. If you want to enhance your results even further, you can add more difficulty to your pushups by using the Perfect Pushup handles for close grip pushups. Close grip pushups will have an increased effect on your triceps.

From Quick Guide: Pushups 101
Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Perfect Pushup handles (see Resources below)

    How to do Closed Grip Pushups With Perfect Pushup Handles

  1. Step 1

    Position the Perfect Pushup handles on the floor in front of you less than a shoulder width apart. There should be roughly four inches in between the two handles, however, this may depend on your body type. The important thing is the handles are positioned less than shoulder width apart.

  2. Step 2

    Use the same form and technique you would with a standard pushup. Your toes should be on the ground with your back and neck straight. Lower you body towards the ground until your elbows form a 90-degree angle.

  3. Step 3

    Lower your body, all the while making sure that you rotate the pushup handles 90-degrees clockwise, so at the bottom of your pushup, the handles run vertically with your body. You also want to breathe in as your slowly lower your body down towards the ground.

  4. Step 4

    Raise your body back to the starting position, ensuring that you are breathing out and rotate the handles back to the starting position.

  5. Step 5

    Repeat Steps 2 and 3 until you have reached your desired number of repetitions. If after a few close grip workouts you fail to feel or see any different results try moving the handles closer together.

Tips & Warnings
  • For even more added emphasis you can wear a weighted vest for tougher workouts.
  • You should not attempt this or any other workout if you are not in good health.

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