Anyone have one of these? I free weight work out at home, but want to add some calisthenics style workouts.
I would have to use it on my front door with 2 supporting brick walls, and take it off after every workout. Never used one with no screws though.
Thoughts?
There's no way that's stable
They are though, and tested. You could just get your money back. Especially if you use it on a rough wall, the grip is even more enhanced.
I will be putting in on my main house door, which is supported both sides by brick load bearing walls, which is why I don't want to drill things into the wall.
in that case, just make sure you always have it as tight as possible, do what i mentioned in my post with the screws below it just so you have a bit more time to safely bail if it starts to fall
also, on the kind that i have, it tightens to the wall by rotating in a direction. if i hang on it from the back, it will rotate and loosen a bit, but if i hang on it from the front, im pulling it in the direction it's already tightened in so it does not rotate. make sure you pull from the direction that does not cause it to rotate or it will loosen
no, no fricking chance
buy a matress aswell to put in the door then
so heres the kicker neither type is rated for more than 185-225lbs usually , however the ones that hang off the door frame are actually capable of alot more than that if the door frame can take it, ive used one of the hanging ones up to 375lbs total weight and it was fine, those expanding ones wont get anywhere close to that, your trusting the door which is not designed to accomodate expansion (horizontal pressure) to hold in place and not warp and that the surface is rough enough to maintain adequate friction.
>your trusting the door which is not designed to accomodate expansion (horizontal pressure) to hold in place and not warp and that the surface is rough enough to maintain adequate friction.
Well the door is like this, essentially there is no "frame" it's just 2 brick walls, and they are load bearing walls that can support an upper floor. They are rough too, not like a painted smooth wooden frame.
it will probably be fine, as many use them ,but if you have a body weight exceeding 185, the odds of the bar slipping increases alot, it would help if they offered some way to actually measure the pressure exerted on the door, the higher it is the less likely it is for it to slip,
if you use one make sure its as tight as you can possibly make it.
>but if you have a body weight exceeding 185
188lbs foook
There's no way that's stable
Bro, come on. You know that MFer aint stable.
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i use this one, its a bit expensive but it works great. i have a nail right below the ends on each side of the doorway just to slow it down incase it does fall, but it never budges. i weigh 150 pounds, and my 230 pound brother has used it a few times with no issues.
but this pull up bar, and the one in op, are the type that work by pushing against the wall. weak doorways will be crushed. my house was made with a ton of iron poles in it so it's very sturdy, but yours might not be good for this kind of pull up bar
250kg my nutsack
the adrenaline and cortisol dump from risking your life every rep will be a bit counter productive
It would doing pic rel with it. If it sprang the bar on the back of my head and back. Frick that.
Yeah people who have and use them, seem to be mainly positive. I am 6'0" 188lbs. But don't really intend to go over 200lbs on it.
I think the one in question locks, so you can't tighten it as you are on it, to damage the door, or loosen it.
Yea mine came with locks too, but I realized that AFTER setting the bar on my door frame, I don't think I need them because I've been using the bar for months on end without any issues since it self-locks with use.
As for the frame damaging aspect, I'm not entirely sure about it. The pads seem wide enough to distribute the force evenly but regardless, my door frame is wide and thick so I'm not worried about that, it depends on your door frame's integrity.
Surprisingly these hold up well, I'm 83kg/183lb and I did weighted pullups with 20kg/44lb on these and it simply won't budge.
The trick is to know the direction which the bar rotates to expand and grip it from that side, your weight and grip orientation will force the bar to rotate and press even further against the door frame.
If you want to do chinups instead of pullups then turn around 180 instead of flipping your grip.
please don't do anything but pull up and chin up with these if you value your intact spine
and make sure to not cross your legs, keep them straight to avoid the impact of your fall as much as possible
reminder you're exerting lots of force when doing a pull up, so just because you weight 80kg, don't believe this is all you're transferring to the bar
tl;dr no way in hell that shit is stable
People seem to be sing them on bedroom wooden frame doors, but mine will be on a brick load bearing wall both sides. So at most it should transfer 50kg down either side in weight,
These are good, I like them more than the ones that cling on your doorframe.
Related. What do you guys think to one of these bars for doing chinups/pullups? The wight would be less, but legs on a chair to increase it. Does the angle totally frick things up or can this compare to a chin up bar?
You're talking about jack knife pullups? It's an easier pullup variation.
Maybe find ones that have variable height so you can do raised knee pullups like picrel
>jack knife pullups
Oh cool, I didn't know that was the name. Yes like this.
That's what I use, since I don't have a suitable door frame for a pull up bar. I do tucked knees front lever rows. They're harder than pull ups.
Do you think it works things in the same way due to the angles though? I do have one of these, and I did get lat growth from it, but haven't really done much else.
>Do you think it works things in the same way due to the angles though
Minor differences but the key is lats which it works well on. I'd say it hits scapular muscles more than a regular pullup as well.
get one that hangs off the door frame, they are far superior strength wise and the risk of catastrophic failure is much lower, if your concerned about the door frame giving way, just add more nails.
No door frame, unfortunately. It's like pic related. With brick walls either side.
get one that bolts into the wall then, those expanding ones are a death traps if you than 150lbs imo.
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