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    Default towel benching results?

    anybody tried towel benching? did you use 3 rolled towels or a commercial towel benching product? how did you incorporate this into your workout program? results?
     

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    bump, i never tryed it myself
    towel benching results?

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    You mean towel resistance training? Like isometics? I didn't incorporate it into my workout, but tried it when nothing esle was avvailble and had pretty good results doing 30 min sessions.
     

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    I did towel benching in high school years back. We used one thick towel rolled up, placed in the middle of the chest, ends pointing head to feet. The idea was to come down and touch it then go back up. I think the idea is that when you become comfortable doing that, you try benching without the towel and go all the way down.

    If you are going to try it in your workout, do sets like you normally would without the towel. At least that's what I have always been told. It is easier to lift out from that position than from directly touching the chest which allows you to lift maybe slightly more weight. I didn't really watch for specific results when I was benching that way, and I didn't notice a whole lot of difference between it and normal benching except the stress on the shoulders.
     

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    tonykemp, yeah that's the kind of towel benching that I was asking about. I read about it as part of what I believe is called the HITT program (don't ask me what the acronym stands for) and heard that some had good results from it.
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