08/19/2026
1-BOARD CLOSE GRIP BENCH PRESS 🔨
If you want a bigger bench, you need bigger, stronger triceps. Period.
This is our primary accessory movement for building triceps strength and power. We run it for 4 sets of 5-8 reps right after max effort benching — while the CNS is already fired up and ready to work.
Why the board? Cutting the range of motion lets you handle more weight than a full-ROM close grip press. That’s overload where you need it most: the mid-range and lockout, exactly where most benches die.
Keep the grip just inside shoulder width, elbows tucked, and touch the board with control — no bouncing off it. Own the weight, then drive.
Stack this behind your heavy pressing and watch your lockout stop being the weak link. đź’Ş