Towel Dead Hang
Pull · forearms · advanced
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FinishHow to do it
Drape two towels over a bar, grip one in each hand with a full fist, and hang with straight arms for time without letting the towels slip through your fingers.
Muscles worked
Primary: forearms · Also works: back, biceps
Equipment
Pull-up bar
Common mistakes
- Using a thin towel, which makes it a finger-pinch test rather than a grip builder
- Going to total failure so the hands unpeel and you drop unprepared
- Adding it after every session — thick grip work loads the forearm tendons and needs recovery days
Variations
- Single-towel hang with both hands
- Towel hang with the knees tucked up
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Related exercises
- Dead Hangforearms
- Barbell Wrist Curlforearms
- Dumbbell Reverse Wrist Curlforearms
- EZ-Bar Reverse Curlforearms
- Band Reverse Curlforearms
- Band Finger Extensionforearms
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