Chin Up Bar

"Richard21" wrote:

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Door Gym by Creative Fitness Inc. Is it any good?

http://www.everythingfitness.com/tr-ex-25.html

For forty bucks, how can you go wrong? There's even a review there.
One, but, hey, it's better (more Richard21-friendly) than what you've
received here, so far, right? And, yeah, of course I'm including my
post.

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Any pointers on what to look out for a real good and
tried chin up bar?

I've often heard the statement: "There are no stupid questions!"

Buuuuut, how difficult is it to figure out a chin bar? Regardless,
here are a few pointers:

1) It should be sturdy
2) It should be easy to attach to the wall or...
3) It should be free-standing
4) It should be ergonomic

Best of luck with your workouts.

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Curt James said:

For forty bucks, how can you go wrong?

That's less than I spend on male prostitutes per week.

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Richard21 said:

Hi ppl. I've been looking for a sturdy chin up bar to be fitted at door frame.
Found plenty while googling but no sure which one to settle. My heart however is
toward the Door Gym by Creative Fitness Inc. Is it any good?

Any pointers on what to look out for a real good and tried chin up bar?

TIA.

I've got the Door Gym , it's amazing. Really goes up in seconds -
without screws.

The Door Gym uses the Wooden plank like thing at the top of the doorway
and also the planks that go all the way down both sides of the doorway.

There are a few doors in the house where it doesn't fit well 'cos the
side plank on one side isn't totally flat.

*You need to open the door to use it. *
This is significant because it means everybody will see you using it if
they're upstairs or downstairs with you. If you don't own the house
and you live with the owners, then it might frighten them (as in they
might think you'll break the doorway). You then have to time your usage
cleverly to avoid them. You wouldn't have to hide the device itself,
there's no way anybody would know what it is looking at it. You can
use it to raise yourself off the ground for pressups, so it can pose as
that.

If you're in a hotel there might be some doorways within the room, like
the toilet. So you won't have to open the door of your room and
potentially upset the manager.

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I've got the Door Gym , it's amazing. Really goes up in seconds -
without screws.

Does it really go up with no screws, ever? I bought another "screwless"
chin-up bar, before, but it turned out that while the bar itself could be
put in and removed without any sort of interaction with screws, you did have
to screw brackets into the doorway.

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I've got the Door Gym , it's amazing. Really goes up in seconds -
without screws.

Does it really go up with no screws, ever? I bought another "screwless"
chin-up bar, before, but it turned out that while the bar itself could be
put in and removed without any sort of interaction with screws, you did have
to screw brackets into the doorway.

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Brandon Berg
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I think when you buy it. It might come with 2 parts. You screw them
together with tools provided. But after that, it's absolutely no
screws.
So, no brackets screwed into the doorway.
It hooks itself into the doorway so you just hook it on in less than 5
seconds and hook it off in less than 5 seconds.

I have the product at home, so I don't need to rely on images for
evience of how it works or its effectiveness. But I can pick up good
ones that show it

I'm a bit of a fan of this item. I think it has no cons(and that's
amazing considering the claims it makes, it does stand by them). It's
not small, not a bar. I guess that's a disadvantage. But functionally,
and timewise, it's very good. It's not cheap but I think it's worth
it.

I googled door gym in google images. It uses the planks on the doorway.
Hooks onto the top one, and the side planks stop it from swinging. So
it's very stable when you hold onto the bar or handles.

here are 2 great pictures
http://www.giantscientific.com/door_gym.jpg
http://www.allproducts.com/sports/lihharng/13-chinning_up_bar.jpg

here are the same 2 pictures backed up here incase those links go down.
http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/157/a2tp.jpg
http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/6586/b7yc.jpg

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I've got the Door Gym , it's amazing. Really goes up in seconds -
without screws.

Does it really go up with no screws, ever? I bought another
"screwless"
chin-up bar, before, but it turned out that while the bar itself could
be
put in and removed without any sort of interaction with screws, you
did have
to screw brackets into the doorway.

--
Brandon Berg
Fix the obvious homonym substitution to reply.

I think when you buy it. It might come with 2 parts. You screw them
together with tools provided. But after that, it's absolutely no
screws.
So, no brackets screwed into the doorway.
It hooks itself into the doorway so you just hook it on in less than 5
seconds and hook it off in less than 5 seconds.

I have the product at home, so I don't need to rely on images for
evience of how it works or its effectiveness. But I can pick up good
ones that show it

I'm a bit of a fan of this item. I think it has no cons(and that's
amazing considering the claims it makes, it does stand by them). It's
not small, not a bar. I guess that's a disadvantage. But functionally,
and timewise, it's very good. It's not cheap but I think it's worth
it.

I googled door gym in google images. It uses the planks on the doorway.
Hooks onto the top one, and the side planks stop it from swinging. So
it's very stable when you hold onto the bar or handles.

here are 2 great pictures
http://www.giantscientific.com/door_gym.jpg
http://www.allproducts.com/sports/lihharng/13-chinning_up_bar.jpg

here are the same 2 pictures backed up here incase those links go down.
http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/157/a2tp.jpg
http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/6586/b7yc.jpg

It just hangs from the casing around the door that is held on by a few
finishing nails? Oh my, that doesn't seem too good to me.

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I think when you buy it. It might come with 2 parts. You screw them
together with tools provided. But after that, it's absolutely no
screws.
So, no brackets screwed into the doorway.
It hooks itself into the doorway so you just hook it on in less than 5
seconds and hook it off in less than 5 seconds.

I have the product at home, so I don't need to rely on images for
evience of how it works or its effectiveness. But I can pick up good
ones that show it

I'm a bit of a fan of this item. I think it has no cons(and that's
amazing considering the claims it makes, it does stand by them). It's
not small, not a bar. I guess that's a disadvantage. But functionally,
and timewise, it's very good. It's not cheap but I think it's worth
it.

He said "screw" like 69 times, and man am I horny.

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Brandon Berg said:

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> I've got the Door Gym , it's amazing. Really goes up in seconds -
> without screws.

Does it really go up with no screws, ever? I bought another
"screwless"
chin-up bar, before, but it turned out that while the bar itself could
be
put in and removed without any sort of interaction with screws, you
did have
to screw brackets into the doorway.

--
Brandon Berg
Fix the obvious homonym substitution to reply.

I think when you buy it. It might come with 2 parts. You screw them
together with tools provided. But after that, it's absolutely no
screws.
So, no brackets screwed into the doorway.
It hooks itself into the doorway so you just hook it on in less than 5
seconds and hook it off in less than 5 seconds.

I have the product at home, so I don't need to rely on images for
evience of how it works or its effectiveness. But I can pick up good
ones that show it

I'm a bit of a fan of this item. I think it has no cons(and that's
amazing considering the claims it makes, it does stand by them). It's
not small, not a bar. I guess that's a disadvantage. But functionally,
and timewise, it's very good. It's not cheap but I think it's worth
it.

I googled door gym in google images. It uses the planks on the doorway.
Hooks onto the top one, and the side planks stop it from swinging. So
it's very stable when you hold onto the bar or handles.

here are 2 great pictures
http://www.giantscientific.com/door_gym.jpg
http://www.allproducts.com/sports/lihharng/13-chinning_up_bar.jpg

here are the same 2 pictures backed up here incase those links go down.
http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/157/a2tp.jpg
http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/6586/b7yc.jpg

It just hangs from the casing around the door that is held on by a few
finishing nails? Oh my, that doesn't seem too good to me.

with my door frame, the planks on the top and side aren't held in by
nails. They are firmly fixed on 'somehow'(ask builder). The doorgym
hooks onto the top one and applies a force downwards, towards the
floor. The top plank when pushed down would probably put a downward
force on the side planks , the side planks go down to the floor. so
should take the force.

I do recall reading that it can take about 300lb . I haven't heard of
anybody's door frame breaking, and I googled alot before buying it, saw
amazon.com reviews.

I'm only 130lb though I wore a backpack with about 20kg of weight in it
so make that 174lb. There was no creaking noise or noise that'd
indicate stress on the door frame.

It's a very popular product, I think if it did break or damage a
doorframe, there'd be people complaining about that happening.

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Brandon Berg wrote:
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> > I've got the Door Gym , it's amazing. Really goes up in seconds -
> > without screws.
>
> Does it really go up with no screws, ever? I bought another
> "screwless"
> chin-up bar, before, but it turned out that while the bar itself

could

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> be
> put in and removed without any sort of interaction with screws, you
> did have
> to screw brackets into the doorway.
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> Brandon Berg
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I think when you buy it. It might come with 2 parts. You screw them
together with tools provided. But after that, it's absolutely no
screws.
So, no brackets screwed into the doorway.
It hooks itself into the doorway so you just hook it on in less than 5
seconds and hook it off in less than 5 seconds.

I have the product at home, so I don't need to rely on images for
evience of how it works or its effectiveness. But I can pick up good
ones that show it

I'm a bit of a fan of this item. I think it has no cons(and that's
amazing considering the claims it makes, it does stand by them). It's
not small, not a bar. I guess that's a disadvantage. But

functionally,

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and timewise, it's very good. It's not cheap but I think it's worth
it.

I googled door gym in google images. It uses the planks on the

doorway.

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Hooks onto the top one, and the side planks stop it from swinging. So
it's very stable when you hold onto the bar or handles.

here are 2 great pictures
http://www.giantscientific.com/door_gym.jpg
http://www.allproducts.com/sports/lihharng/13-chinning_up_bar.jpg

here are the same 2 pictures backed up here incase those links go

down.

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http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/157/a2tp.jpg
http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/6586/b7yc.jpg

It just hangs from the casing around the door that is held on by a few
finishing nails? Oh my, that doesn't seem too good to me.

It's actually VERY sturdy.

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with my door frame, the planks on the top and side aren't held in by
nails.

Yes, they are held on by nails (BTW, those "planks" are really called
"casing" or door molding.

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They are firmly fixed on 'somehow'(ask builder).

Nails (99% of the time, it's nails)

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The doorgym
hooks onto the top one and applies a force downwards, towards the
floor. The top plank when pushed down would probably put a downward
force on the side planks,

Yes, but also keep in mind that the "head" casing is nailed to the door
header (usually (2)2x10's or (2)2x12's.

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the side planks go down to the floor.

The "side planks" are called "jamb casing"

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so should take the force.

Not really (at least not much of the top force). The sides of a doorway are
framed with at least 2 (sometimes 3) vertical studs.

The forces the bar puts on the wall is:
One side of the bar (the "top" if you will) pushes into the header or top of
the doorway (very little pressure is actually being applied down). The
other side pushes into the jambs on either side of the doorway.

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I do recall reading that it can take about 300lb . I haven't heard of
anybody's door frame breaking, and I googled alot before buying it, saw
amazon.com reviews.

The most likely damaged would be to the sheetrock/gypsum board above the
head casing. The inward pressure can cause marring and potentially even an
indentation. If this happens it's not tramatic (just cosmetic damage) and
hardly visible because the casing can make it hard to even see it.

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I'm only 130lb though I wore a backpack with about 20kg of weight in it
so make that 174lb. There was no creaking noise or noise that'd
indicate stress on the door frame.

The most likely failure point would be the bar itself.

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It's a very popular product, I think if it did break or damage a
doorframe, there'd be people complaining about that happening.

I love mine. I also have the "broad reach bar" accessory which allows for a
slightly wider grip.
My only negative comments about the door gym would be:
1. It's lack of hand position locations (it's fine for most people but it's
not as versatile as just a straight chin-up bar where you can place your
hands anywhere).
2. The foam padded grips on the bar might be popular with some people but
I'd prefer just knurled grip areas.

Oh, one other thing to consider: The door has to be open (as mentioned
elsewhere in this thread) and you are on the side of the doorway opposite
the door swing (i.e. if the door swings INTO the room then you're OUTSIDE
the room and vice versa). This isn't a big deal but something to consider.
If you were going to use it on a bedroom doorway for instance you'd actually
be doing your pull-ups in the hallway.

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I've got the Door Gym , it's amazing. Really goes up in seconds -
without screws.

Does it really go up with no screws, ever? I bought another "screwless"
chin-up bar, before, but it turned out that while the bar itself could be
put in and removed without any sort of interaction with screws, you did have
to screw brackets into the doorway.

Yeah that's completely different. I hate those, never really trusted
them. The door gym type things are held in place by your bodyweight sort
of squishing the door frame, so flimsy fibre or soft wood frames are not
suitable! Not sure how well I'd trust the door gym with added weight,
but if you're adding significant weight then buy a power rack with a
chinup bar or one of those free standing chin/dip stands.

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I've got the Door Gym , it's amazing. Really goes up in seconds -
without screws.

Does it really go up with no screws, ever? I bought another
"screwless" chin-up bar, before, but it turned out that while the bar
itself could be put in and removed without any sort of interaction
with screws, you did have to screw brackets into the doorway.

I have a Door Gym. It really does work as advertised. The basic
principle is that the thing is quarter-circle shape when viewed from the
side, and when you pull down on the bar, it 'converts' that into
pressure into the wall and/or door frame, which is what makes it stay
put. It's pretty cool that way, says me. (You physics geeks can
explain it better, I'm sure.)

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