I was never a fan of those wrist wraps, they seemed too “focused”. When you use towels, the pressure’s distributed throughout the material instead of just in that inch-wide strip of the wrap. It feels fine. There’s no pressure almost anywhere.

I’ve seen guys use wraps for pull-ups as well. I’m like “meh :/” about that. If you can’t hold your own weight up, you can’t. That’s different from trying to do an exercise where your traps can actually lift more than your hands can hold.

Like I said, eventually, I’ll move to the machines where you load the plates, they have foam grips and you don’t have to worry about dropping 100 lb dumbbells when you can’t hold them anymore haha.