Triceps Push Up on Parallel Bar. How-to, proper form and 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:
- Hold the parallel Bars with both hands in shoulder width.
- Extend your arms, engage core, feet far enough to have the legs in a 45 degree inclination. This is the starting position.
- Bent your elbows, keep them pointing to the ground without opening them.
- 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:
- Strengthen triceps.
Counting & gamification:
- As a beginner, aim for 10 to 10 reps.
- Move to the Knee Triceps Push Up or Triceps Push Up when reaching the 10 to 15 reps.
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
3. Triceps Push Up on Parallel Bar
Triceps Extensions aka Skull Crushers
Training tricep with Push Ups
Muscle: Shoulder
Muscle: Triceps
Collection: Push Up Variations
Category: Bodyweight
Same exercise, different set:
Triceps Push Up on Parallel Bar
