Close-Grip Dumbbell Bench Press
Also known as: Dumbbell Squeeze Press, Crush Press, Close Dumbbell Bench Press, Close-Grip DB Bench Press
Body region
Muscles
Main
Helps
Holds
Equipment
Technique
- Lie on a flat bench holding two dumbbells over your chest, palms facing each other.
- Press the dumbbells firmly together so they touch along their length.
- Keeping them pressed together, lower them to your mid-chest.
- Press back up to straight arms without letting them separate.
Cues
- Squeeze the dumbbells into each other through the whole rep.
- Keep elbows close to your sides.
Common mistakes
- Letting the dumbbells drift apart at the bottom.
- Lowering toward the neck instead of the mid-chest.
- Using so much weight that the squeeze is lost.