Tone your muscles with a towel!

Fitness trainer Tim Bertko shows how to build your muscles with the help of a towel.

Transcript

00:00 By the way, it's totally possible to get fit without an expensive gym membership or any special equipment.

00:08 As our fitness expert Tim Bertko proves.

00:12 Today we don't need these.

00:17 We need this.

00:20 The exercise with the towel strengthens your shoulders, your arms and your upper back.

00:27 I call it the smallest gym in the world because a towel is always available.

00:32 And the exercise goes like this.

00:34 You grab it on the edge of the towel, make it as tight as possible.

00:39 And then you push it away at an angle, upwards.

00:43 Keep the tension in the towel and pull it back towards your body.

00:48 This is the exercise.

00:49 And of course, the harder you pull, the tougher it gets.

00:53 Up at an angle, under tension and down.

01:00 Do really 15 to 20 repetitions until you feel this nice muscular burn in your arms, in your shoulders and in your upper back.

01:13 And the good thing about this simple exercise is that it improves your posture and it makes things easier to work overhead.

01:21 overhead.