The Underrated Full Body Exercise (that looks a little silly) 

OMG I LOVE THIS haha yesss!!!

YES! :-)

😂 And much safer!

I LOVE that you're focusing on that stability and balance. That focus on our foundation of strength is so key! And you're finding ways to progress and challenge yourself! And Kiwi especially has loved the Towel Taz since she was a pup!

Good for you working on yourself and staying strong.

Aw shucks thanks! I'm so glad the videos help and entertain!

Seriously has been one of Kiwi's favorite moves since she was a puppy!

Glad the videos help!

bahaha perfect fun place to do it!

Definitely similar to battle ropes! And love that you've found something fun and it sounds like also very good for those coordination skills!

I actually have a chain at the gym I love to use for a battle ropes sub. Even for crawls with pulls! So many fun things you can do with it!

Aw yay! Perfect timing then!

Have fun!

Love that you're finding ways to move more!

Bands are definitely a great tool to have on hand that you truly can use anywhere!

Crawling is an amazing exercise and can be done in so many ways! Great coordination move and core move too as well as cardio!

Be careful with the bath towel as they are often lighter and can whip a bit! ;-P

Play time and a workout!

The tug of war workout. Fun for both!

Love that you've already put this move to use!

WOO HOOO! Have fun B!

Hope they help! Focusing on that weekly plan and planning ahead can be key! Setting something that truly fits our schedule may even help over forcing a schedule that really isn't realistic.

Definitely would be a quad killer and definitely require some focus to make sure you're stable. :-)

Glad it helps!

hehe fun in that good suffering type way!

It makes you laugh...until you do it 🥵🤣

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I didn’t know my father‘s mother, but I didn’t know my mother‘s mother, and I wouldn’t say she was strong. She was a fun lady, but she was obese until she was eventually starved in a hospital and miraculously never gain the weight back. But I would never have learned about eating or fitness from her.

Battle ropes and the towel taz are great options. I've even had clients do some boxing kneeling or half kneeling :-)

It is!

Love the slosh pipe! Great unstable weight!

@@redefiningstrengthOC WAIT thats a thing? i iddnt know that i came up with it on my oown haha. awesome thanks for telling me il check out how they are doing it. ( my wasy is like a quater staff sized pipe. )

how big of a blanket to use?

Have fun!

hehe definitely didn't hurt the process! 😝

Make shift weight vest! Love it!

Seeing opportunity in all the different styles to match our needs and goals is key!

YAAAASSSS!

Now that's a functional workout!

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Or spread them faster everywhere?! 🤮

hehe our little furry "helpers"

Yaa definitely don't do it in a tight space with things around that could be knocked over! 🤣 Unless you want to redecorate 😝

Enjoy!

Honestly I'd recommend you regress to progress and focus on that mobility work to strengthen your abs and glutes. Only through changing those recruitment patterns will you see results. Because without addressing your foundation, any move could cause overload if you aren't aware of what you feel working.

There is always outside in the yard or a park. It's where I often did mine while living in an apartment :-) And bonus if there are monkey bars you can do it in a circuit with pull ups!

@@redefiningstrengthOC IN THE YARD? Where I live there are MILLIONS of ticks. No thanks. Don't want to be whipping them up all around me. I guess I'll use it to line my car trunk.

It's a fun move for sure and killer!

Aw shucks thanks!

hehe thanks! Glad the videos help!

Not going to lie...I do have pictures from a group training session where we may have jokingly done that.... And love that you're even addressing that imbalance!

Great functional workout that also makes you value your other training more!

Off of looking like the cartoon Tasmanian Devil moving around 🤣

i meant ...in disguise..

Yes! I love it for my clients without ropes or even to use in a circuit with ropes! Love the one minute interval on ropes even doing reverse or lateral lunges with stage coach or alternating arm waves plus bike and rower and towel taz and jump rope!

@@redefiningstrengthOC I'm familiar with battle rope slams (both at once), usually from a squat position, and with alternating ropes either from a squat or while moving over the top of a step (and getting into a squat and out again). BTW, I'm new to your channel so maybe you've done this already, but I wish you would do a video addressing the fact that many women grossly underestimate how much they can lift. IMHO, after a year or 18 months of training, a woman who weighs, say, 135 lbs., should be able to squat 135 lbs. (counting the weight of the bar). I had a female friend who could deadlift 400 lbs---which is unusual, I grant you. But I never see women coming anywhere close to what they could be doing mainly because they don't have a clue and therefore set their goals too love. (Oh, I AM a woman, I should add, on the skinny side and 5'7".) On another point, I am 63 years old, and I never hear anyone explain that age makes ZERO difference to gaining mass (so long as you really eat enough total Kcal and loads of protein.) Forget about menopause: it's a non-issue. I lifted heavy in my 30s and then stopped and then started again last year, and the only thing that has changed is what my *bones and ligaments* can stand. But the *muscle* responds just as it did in the past. My main issue now as in the past is that I really love cardio - especially boxing - and I know full well that I am limiting my muscle gains. I did that in the past too, so I got strong-ish back then (5-6 rep squat of 165 lbs. when I weighed 150) but never as strong as friends who did less cardio. So I am trying to suppress the urge to do cardio so I can build up mass. Anyway, I said too much but I don't often hear from women who lift seriously, so I got carried away. Happy lifting!

YES! It's a great non-rope option. Although I actually love using both in the same workout - even lateral lunges with alternating waves for a 1 minute interval then rower and bike and towel taz too!

I actually went and bought a moving blanket after watching this! @@redefiningstrengthOC

If only my love for Towel Taz translated as such... 🤣 Unfortunately my house shows otherwise!

It is both for sure!

Hope you're working on that prehab work for that tennis elbow! And maybe you consider something like the ladder drills I have on my channel :-)

@@redefiningstrengthOC Yes to prehab! I've been a DS member for a year now! Getting better and stronger all the time! Will check out your ladder drills💪 Thanks for the inspiration!

Perfect bonus use of your cape ;-)

There is! And no it isn't a magic pill. It's the 1% improvement for that last little bit. Studies below as well as an article with more and diving a bit more into the nuance of it! All about knowing our options those to tweak those systems to work better and better together. Because the more advanced we are, the more we need often little tweaks over huge changes to see results continue to build: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16985258/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38010201/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28497942/ www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/7/3845 redefiningstrength.com/does-spot-reduction-really-work?sl=yc

@@redefiningstrengthOC Wow, thank you so much for this 👍

No problem! I find it fascinating so wanted to share!

YES!

Yes! It's a great way to get the benefits in a new way. I love using both as this does allow for a bit more circling and freedom in movement while adding in diversity with battle ropes rainbows, side lunges with alt. arm wave, reverse lunge and stage coach...Two great things to combine!

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YAY! Have fun!

Depends on my schedule at the time and even my goal for that progression. I've done 3 days a week and 30 minutes, up to 6 days a week and just under an hour. I design for the time I have but also don't just make a workout longer because I have the time. Everything we include should have a purpose. And too often we only see our workouts as a chance to burn calories or do more. But honestly, focusing on moving well and building muscle (and a schedule we can be consistent with) pays off far more whether our goals are aesthetic or functional fitness than trying to force an unrealistic routine.

YES! That weight adds up!

@@redefiningstrengthOC it certainly does 😅 it also makes for a great night's sleep :D

No I wouldn't recommend that. The towel has a different resistance back.

A moving blanket is honestly my favorite!

Yes but not everyone has a rope available, I certainly dont!

Without the rope 😂

LOVE battle ropes too and yes, it is a great way to use similar techniques without the rope. I actually love doing BOTH in 1 minute endurance interval work as you can do ropes with even lunge variations and then move into this...even combined with some rower and bike!

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Yeaaa probably not the best in a tight space but you could easily take it outside ;-) Just go on a picnic but do a premeal cardio workout with shaking that picnic blanket out before! 😝

@@redefiningstrengthOC Uh, where outside, in my public space parking lot where all my neighbors can see me doing this and label me as "the weird neighbor"? (They might think that already, but I'd rather not confirm it). 😆