I was reminded of an exercise you can do with a bath or beach towel by Anthony DiLuglio of the Art of Strength. We both learned this simple, but punishing tip from Ori Hofmekler, author of “The Warrior Diet” and trainer of the CFT “Controlled Fatigue Training“. We were just putting the finishing touches of a CFT session when Ori, in his thick Israeli accent said he had to get his “bitch towel”. Of course I had no idea what he was talking about and laughed when he told me to grab an end of the bright red and blue beach towel while he grabbed the other. For the next eternal minute, he had me shake that bitch as hard and high as I could, trying to keep up with him. I was laughing no longer. I happened to track my heart rate and it was damn near maximum cardiac output…all from a minute with a towel!

Anthony goes on to post another video describing other methods besides the towel to use when travelling and the hotel gym is a joke. As Anthony admonishes, “give it a shot!”Tonights workout, “Michael”, always looks deceptively easy, but of course it is not. Simple? Yes. Easy? No. This is 3 rounds, for time of 800 meter runs, 50 back extensions and 50 Ab Mat sit-ups. If I were to approximate, this version of Michael was about 22-23 minutes. Always a tough one. By the third round, I was taking more and more pauses. I was going to lift something, but did not for some time and when I did, it was 1.5 pood (24 kg, 53 lbs) 10/10.

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