I want to buy a pull-up / chin-up doorframe bar

[StevenYoo]

So I have $40 to kill on amazon.com

I'm in the market for a doorframe-mounted pull-up bar.

amazon's selection of pull-up bars

there are so many. Which one to buy?

 

[Mojoed]

I'm looking to buy one of these chin-up door frame bars as well.

I'm a pretty big guy at 245lbs., I'm gonna be using this thing a ton, I just want something high quality, durable and very safe. There are so many choices out there, I really don't know which to get. I don't care how much it costs.

Anyone have any experience with these things? Any information would be appreciated.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

I have a Door Gym and I love it. Easy on, easy off, supports well, doesn't require drilling, doesn't twist or move while you're doing pull ups.

 

[Judgement]

I have one, I bought it for $65 dollars... it was in a store and I'm not gonna look for it online but I'm sure it would have been cheaper there.

I would just recommend not going too cheap and get one where the contact area from the bar to the door frame isn't too small. I have a friend that weighs ~190 and his put marks in his door frame and I'd swear its because the surface area isn't distributing the weight onto a large enough area.

 

[Judgement]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
I have a Door Gym and I love it. Easy on, easy off, supports well, doesn't require drilling, doesn't twist or move while you're doing pull ups.

That's almost identical to what I have.

 

[Mojoed]

Thanks for the suggestions! Any more opinions?

 

[TheUnk]

I built a free-standing one out of 2x4s left over from basement construction and a pole =o

 

[IceBergSLiM]

http://www.amazon.com/GoFit-GF...&qid=1185889963&sr=1-1


I bought this one about a month ago. i installed it in under 10 minutes. Easy to remove and put back on. Holds my fat ass without a problem I'm ~250 LBS

 

[kgokal]

DoorGym TWO thumbs up, and agree with the bigger contacts...
Mine leaves marks and im 200lbs.

Originally posted by: TheUnk
I built a free-standing one out of 2x4s left over from basement construction and a pole =o

Pics/Sketch, i was looking to build a dip bar with it, gotta love basement gyms!

 

[RaiderJ]

I have one that looks like the Door Gym. I put more cushioning on the pads and it doesn't leave marks now (I'm 200lbs).

 

[Skacer]

What the hell are the ab wheels. Theres a ton of those too.