03-31-2017, 12:09 AM
I used to struggle getting my triceps to fire properly on close grip bench presses. I reduced the weight and used a slow negative focusing on feeling the triceps stretch during the eccentric portion of the lift. I would pause at the bottom of the rep as well to ensure I had full tension on my triceps, then drive upwards flexing my triceps hard at the top. Literally a few sessions of doing this and I was able to recruit my triceps quite easily on close grip bench and having progressed that lift (along with others) my triceps are no longer a weak point.