Triceps Push Up on Parallel Bar exercise – Mover.tips

Kind of incline push up using nothing but the triceps.

Video demonstration

(excerpt from ‘How to Do Bodyweight Tricep Extensions With No Elbow Pain (Calisthenics)’ by Ashton Fitness)

How to and step by step instructions:

1. Hold the parallel Bars with both hands in shoulder width.
2. Extend your arms, engage core, feet far enough to have the legs in a 45 degree inclination. This is the starting position.
3. Bent your elbows, keep them pointing to the ground without opening them.
4. Extend both arms again, returning to the starting position.

Hints & tips:

• Move the feet close to the bar for an easier variation.
• Keep your elbows pointing down at all times, this is a triceps exercise, not bicep and shoulders.

Benefits:

Counting & gamification:

Muscles worked and body parts involved:

Primary muscles: Shoulder, Triceps

Secondary muscles: Abs, Lowerback

Other names

The exercise can be found with other names. Examples are:

• Triceps Push Up on Parallel Bar
• Triceps Extention on Parallel Bar
• Skull Crusher on Parallel Bar

Triceps Push Up, easy to hard

2. Incline Triceps Push Up 3. Triceps Push Up on Parallel Bar

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Triceps Push Up on Parallel Bar