A tool sitting
in your bathroom can be used for more than cleaning up after a night of sake
bombs gone wrong which falls short of making it to the porcelain throne; for
the more civilized, it’s used for drying off after a shower.
This tool— the
TOWEL— is one of the most underutilized tools for building a savage grip.
Grip
strength is important because it serves a purpose in every aspect of weight
lifting and athletics.
If
you’re a strongman, powerlifter or bodybuilder, you’ll be able to handle more
weight on various exercises because grip won’t be a limiting factor. If you’re
a fighter, it could provide a stronger punch, a tighter choke and even better
takedowns.
And
furthermore, you have great physical
prowess with bigger, stronger forearms—imagine next time you ask your boss for
a raise? They may not win friends but
they will sure as hell influence people.
So,
why towel pull-ups?
Grip Strength
The principal benefit of using towels in exercises is
that they heavily train two specific areas of grip strength. These two areas
include support grip like deadlifts and farmers walks, they also train a crush
grip due to the forced squeezing of the towel to support your bodyweight, as
well as additional weight, if applicable.
Increased Range of Motion
For pull-ups, using towels allows you to increase your range
of motion for various movements, which
helps increase muscle activation
and movement mechanics, because, with towel pull-ups, you can pull yourself higher
than with a bar.
The
reason you don’t hear more about towel pull-ups is no equipment company or
famous infomercial trainer makes dead presidents—they benefit no one but you!
