Caporegime
Hi all
My 'Powerbar' arrived today from Gizoo today. It cost me £30 with next day delivery (selected due to erratic Royal Mail deliveries). It's also available from such places as Boys' Stuff, Amazon, and UK Fitness Supplies.
It arrives fully constructed in a long thin cardboard box. You unfold the collapsable arms so that they lock into the latch / spring mechanism and that's it, constructed. No allen keys or bolts required.
Now mount it on your door frame:
Close up of how it hooks onto the door side:
Full shot from the door side:
Training myself just to hang for the moment!
First impressions are - it's addictive! I keep wanting to go and do another chinup or attempt another pullup (I can't do even one strict pullup yet, hence this purchase really). It also seems fairly well built, though so far one of the rubber protectors keeps falling off whenever I remove it from the door frame, but really all that matters is that it's robust and won't collapse under your weight. It feels very safe and secure and can be put up and taken down in five seconds.
The bar quotes a maximum weight limit of 20 stone.
It has no grip on the bar; the gripping part of the bar is literally a bar, full stop. Fair enough as this is normally all you'd expect on a pull up bar.
You can only use the upper bar for exercises when it's on the wall, due to the fact that the bar relies on leverage from the lower bar against the side of the door frame for stability.
The only thing the bar comes with is an instruction leaflet telling you how to unfold and mount it, as well as giving some handy pointers on the exercises, such as, 'Pull ups and chin ups are not easy, so do not be surprised if you can only one or two. Practice them little and often and if you stick with it, you will soon notice an improvement in your strength and physique.'
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You can also do wide / narrow grip press ups at a slight incline if that suits you, as well of course as hanging leg raises, if you can do them properly, unlike myself.
Further to Benny's question: the width of the bar is 900mm / 3 ft. The instructions recommend a doorway between 685mm and 785mm. It's probably worth testing it on your door frame carefully before going for it.
So there you have it, a decent pull up bar that requires zero drilling, is easily collapsable and storable, and allows you to exercise from a nice and high position!
My 'Powerbar' arrived today from Gizoo today. It cost me £30 with next day delivery (selected due to erratic Royal Mail deliveries). It's also available from such places as Boys' Stuff, Amazon, and UK Fitness Supplies.
It arrives fully constructed in a long thin cardboard box. You unfold the collapsable arms so that they lock into the latch / spring mechanism and that's it, constructed. No allen keys or bolts required.
Now mount it on your door frame:
Close up of how it hooks onto the door side:
Full shot from the door side:
Training myself just to hang for the moment!
First impressions are - it's addictive! I keep wanting to go and do another chinup or attempt another pullup (I can't do even one strict pullup yet, hence this purchase really). It also seems fairly well built, though so far one of the rubber protectors keeps falling off whenever I remove it from the door frame, but really all that matters is that it's robust and won't collapse under your weight. It feels very safe and secure and can be put up and taken down in five seconds.
The bar quotes a maximum weight limit of 20 stone.
It has no grip on the bar; the gripping part of the bar is literally a bar, full stop. Fair enough as this is normally all you'd expect on a pull up bar.
You can only use the upper bar for exercises when it's on the wall, due to the fact that the bar relies on leverage from the lower bar against the side of the door frame for stability.
The only thing the bar comes with is an instruction leaflet telling you how to unfold and mount it, as well as giving some handy pointers on the exercises, such as, 'Pull ups and chin ups are not easy, so do not be surprised if you can only one or two. Practice them little and often and if you stick with it, you will soon notice an improvement in your strength and physique.'
.You can also do wide / narrow grip press ups at a slight incline if that suits you, as well of course as hanging leg raises, if you can do them properly, unlike myself.
Further to Benny's question: the width of the bar is 900mm / 3 ft. The instructions recommend a doorway between 685mm and 785mm. It's probably worth testing it on your door frame carefully before going for it.
So there you have it, a decent pull up bar that requires zero drilling, is easily collapsable and storable, and allows you to exercise from a nice and high position!
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