If you are a wrestler you know the importance of grip strength in your sport. By utilizing towel training in your program you can work both grip strength and strength endurance at the same time. It is important to have a good crushing grip as well as it is important to be able to hold onto something for an extended period of time.

Grip strength is crucial for all positions in wrestling, but is extremely important if you want to be able to ride out opponents from the top position.

If you have ever rode out a good bottom wrestler for a whole period your forearms and hands were probably sore after that period. By implementing various forms of grip training in your program you can help improve both grip strength and grip strength endurance so your hands won’t get tired when third period rolls around.

In order to hold onto a towel the athlete must try to crush it in order to hold onto the implement. By performing towel training exercises for several sets this will also improve the strength endurance of the hands and forearms.

Typically we like to utilize towel training with pulling movements for the upper and lower body. The exercises here are shown with a kettlebell, but many of the exercises can be utilized with a dumbbell as well. We like to use the kettlebell because it is extremely easy to loop the towel through the handle.