no chins, pull ups

[ColoWayno]

I'm 230# and the one I use at home hasn't broken anything yet. I've been using it for about a month now.

You aren't trying hard enough to be awesome.

[Beltshumeltz]

On amazon, just read the 1 and 2 star reviews. Some of them had too thin doorframes, but at least one person got injured badly from falling to the floor when a bolt failed.

[METAL VIPER]

I agree with finding a way to do them via jungle gyms, power racks, or other miscellaneous objects that allow you to pull your body weight, but I'll throw in another suggestion if you deem it impossible to find any of the things mentioned above - rack chins. If done correctly, they're a mean exercise

[MazdaMatt]

haha, i'd love to see video.


I have tried one at a friend's house and it sags horribly. It really takes the power out of your pull when it comes down an inch when you get started. He came to my gym (old location) and used a proper solid bar and he was amazed at the difference.

I'd sooner assemble something that screws into the ceiling and is made of solid steel.

[Baker]

My gym is a real piece of crap and there's no way for me to do proper chins and pullups in there. Is it possible for me to avoid them for another year or so until I build my own home gym? Just stick to the basic lifts....

Is there a reason you want to do them (competing in a pullup contest or training for the marines or something?)

[burnsco]

no reason, I actually don't want to do them because there isn't any easy way to do them in my gym. plus anytime i've tried to do them I wasnt even able to complete one. so not only would i have to find a creative way to do them, id also have to use a special method to gain the strength to do one rep

[Patrick L.]

Once you work chins into your program, your other lifts should improve too...It's great you are trying to do them. Most people think they suck and avoid...

[Carlos Daniel]

Smith machine does the trick. What gym doesn't have a smith machine? I've seen gyms with two smith machine and no squat rack, even.