Mix up a few of these towel exercises to create a full body workout or add your favorites into your regular workout routines.
Floor towel workouts.
Grip the ends of the towel overhead and brace your abs tight as you lean back slightly.
I m assuming you don t have a carpeted kitchen.
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Get rid of your excess weight with this 5 minute towel exercise losing weight during lockdown is a big challenge be it because of the confined home space or lack of gym equipments.
In this video fitness trainer jerome fisherman demonstrates a variety of towel based exercises including the side slide squat towel abdominal slide and one and two handed pushup slide.
Sit tall again as you bring the towel overhead to complete one rep.
The best workout towel for these workouts should be thick with a high thread count which will slide easily on the floor and won t bunch up in one place.
Adding towel to workouts helps to increase the benefits of core training and cardio intensity without producing any adverse impact on the joints.
If you have a hardwood floor that s ideal but if not i don t have one of them thangs either damnit do the workout in your kitchen.
As you re leaning back drop the towel down to the right side of the body tracing a figure eight from the back of the body to the front.
For this inner thigh workout all you need is a smooth floor and a dishtowel or washcloth.
These towel exercises are best performed on a hard surface e g hardwood or tile.
Sit tall with knees bent and feet flat on the floor.
We asked a trainer if it really works.