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Technique

  1. Wrap two towels around the bar, grip each towel with either hand and allow your body to hang free

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Form tips

  • Hands should be aroud shoulder width apart
Risks
  • Your whole bodyweight will hang on the towels, make sure they can hold you.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Back
  • Serratus anterior
  • Chest
  • Forearms
  • Lower trapezius
  • Serratus anterior
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Pectoralis minor
  • Rhomboid major
  • Middle trapezius
  • Flexor digitorum superficialis
  • Flexor digitorum profondus
  • Flexor pollicis longus

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Equipment

Rings
Rings
Pullup bar
Pullup bar
Monkey bars
Monkey bars
Hangboard
Hangboard
Doorway or unstable pullup bar
Doorway or unstable pullup bar
Towel
Towel

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Appears in

Joint movements
Shoulderdepressionretraction
HandFinger flexion
trains stretches

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Progressions

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Climbing towel hang

Intermediate

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Regressions

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Single towel hang

Novice
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Split towel hang

Novice
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Active hang

Beginner
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Straight-arm hang

Beginner
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One arm towel hang

Advanced
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L-sit active hang

Novice
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