did the towel chins today...

[Vortexx]

Did towel chins for the first time and must tell you, my forearms felt like being battered with clubs after the workout. I know the feeliong of a good forearm workout, where they feel like barbwire from all the lactic acid, but this time it was not only the muscle but also the tendons that felt very taxed...

I love the towel chins! I did them on a chinning station, so that I could adjust the weight stack to allow every set to go to 10 reps. Dit 4 sets with diffrent width between the towels....

Also did the usual reverse grip barbell and cable curls and the hammer curls, but I noticed the towel chins already taxed my grip to a point I had too lower the weight on the reverse curls, reason why I will do them as last exercise in the workout next time and follow them up with some barbell or dumbell wrist curls....

 

[The Shadow]

fifnsh with timed holds from the chin bar with the towel wrapped around it.

 

[b fold the truth]

Can you please explain how you have this set up?

B True

 

[Vortexx]

Corn, You mean timed holds, by holding to the end of the towels or wrap the towels around the bar top make it thicker...?

 

[MarshallPenniford]

Wait, do you grab the towel (like a handle in each hand) or are you supposed to just wrap the bar?

I already chin from a 2.5" or 3" bar (haven't measured exactly, but it's wide), I can't imagine wrapping towels around that sucker.

 

[teen1216]

I believe you grab the towel like handles

 

[Haz]

I did towel chins yesterday too (I flung it over the bar and held on to the towel). I managed 3 sets of 6 reps. My fingers were killing me so much that I had to stop at that point. I felt it mostly in my hands and fingers rather then my forearms. I liked it, and will be doing them more often to improve my girp.

 

[The Shadow]

yep...wrap the towel around the bar to make it thicker and grip for as long as possible.

 

[gettinlarger]

I just did these tonight, and they were amazing!! I've never felt anything in my hands/fingers like it before. But Cornholio, as opposed to the wrapping the towel around the bar, I sort of let it hang, and grabbed both ends, so my hands were sort of vertical. Like climbing a rope. And I can still feel it in my hands (after about 90 minutes).