Q: Mike, im on your push/pull schedule. Heres my question. On push day, i do my incline, regular benchpress. then for triceps i do pushdowns, but i dont like the other exercise, it hurts my elbows.. Could i sub it with close grips? I think this is good because 1. my inner chest is lacking, and i need to fill it out, and 2. it doesnt hurt my elbows, therefore getting a more effective tricep workout. what do you think? is this too much benching?

A: Sure, that should be fine. Remember that to make the close-grip bench press target your triceps more, you'll want to keep your elbows from flaring out to the sides as you push the weight up.