This week’s exercise of the week is towel pull-ups! With this new move you can use your towel for more than drying off after a shower.
How to do it: Using a mid to full sized towel, wrap the towel around the pull up bar. It is best secured by wrapping it around two close neutral grip handles so that the towel is balanced. Grip the towel on either side and begin your set.
The Benefit: The addition of the soft towel to the movement forces you to recruit all of the flexor muscles in your forearm to perform an isometric contraction. In this case you are holding on much tighter than you would to a traditional pull-up bar. In time, you will see that adding the towel to even a few sets per workout will boost your grip strength for difficult movements like dead lifts.
Try this: If you are not ready for full pull-ups, add the towel to the lat pull-down. Simply remove the bar from the cable and feed the towel through the caribeaner. Perform the movement holding the towel. You will need to lower the weight at first until you improve your grip strength enough to move more weight.