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Towel Pull-ups

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Pull-up
Level: Lung
Pull-up bar, Racks

Description

Towel pull-ups are a fairly common grip training exercise.

Unfortunately, most people who perform towel pull-ups limit themselves to one towel. For that variation, you’d hang a single towel over a bar and grab one end with each hand .The single towel pull-up provides a useful introduction to grip strength, but is only the beginning. Adding a second towel will greatly increase the difficulty. Each hand will be forced to grip both ends of a single towel. As a result, each hand must squeeze much more material. You’ll notice that your thumbs cannot even reach your fingers in the topmost picture. Each towel is too thick for fingers and thumb to wrap around.

 

How to do Towel Pull-Ups:

 

- To do a towel pullup, wrap two towels over a pullup bar.

- Position the towels about shoulder-width apart.

- Grab both ends of each towel in one hand, lift your feet off the floor and cross your ankles.

- Exhale and pull yourself up to the bar.