Towel Pullup
Towel Pullup primarily targets your forearm muscles, core muscles, and latissimus dorsi. It also activates the muscles in your forearms more than a regular pullup, as well as helping increase your grip strength.
INTERMEDIATE
General Pullup
General Pullup is a bodyweight exercise that involves multiple muscles of your body. It strengthens the biceps, core, and forearm and increases stability throughout the shoulders.
Instructions
- Hold the pullup with a shoulder-width overhand grip, making sure your arms are completely straight and your feet off the ground. This is your starting position.
- Pull up until your chin touches the bar. Be sure to actively tighten your back by extending your elbows while maintaining a neutral head position and looking forward. Lower your torso until your shoulders and arms are fully extended and in the starting position.
Tips
- Don't stop before reaching the bottom position. Come to the dead hang at the bottom.
- Don't stop before reaching the top position. Finish the rep by bringing your chest up to the bar.
- Don't pull through your wrists. Pull your elbows back.
- Avoid rounding your upper back. Keep your chest up and your shoulders back.
Alternative Exercises
Weighted Pullup
Weighted pullups intensify the activation of your back muscles and provide you with more defined back muscles.
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