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11-01-2013, 04:02 PM
$700 for a pull-up bar?
Shit, I bought mine for $14 several years ago and it has served all my needs perfectly. It's the most valuable piece of equipment that I've ever used, but there's no way in hell I'd pay more than 50$ for it, and even then it better be made out of pure titanium.
It's a hollow piece of metal, for gods' sake!
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11-01-2013, 04:30 PM
3 ton jack stands:
http://www.sears.com/craftsman-3-ton-hig...950159000P
13 7/16 to 21". That's enough on the high side to get under a lower weighted squat bar. Gym squat racks are fine for high weight, but functional strength comes from muscling the bar onto the stands and getting under it. Squat, drop, reload, repeat.
The stands work good too if you need to fix your car.
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11-01-2013, 05:00 PM
That's a bit on the short side you would probably have to prop them up on something like bricks to get to say 48". I like the height so I can walk the weights in. If they are 3 tons capacity they should handle 400 lbs with no problem.
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11-01-2013, 07:27 PM
You don't need weights for a pullup bar - just creativity.
There are so many different pullup variations you can do to increase difficulty - I do many and I never see anyone else doing them.
My current favorite: palms facing you, put one hand on the bar, and the other hand on top of the first. Makes it almost entirely a bicep exercise. Then switch hands. I invented this and have never seen it elsewhere.
Mix up grip widths, hand angles, number of fingers used, timing, partial vs full reps, using a towel to grip, etc. I personally feel like I progress faster from doing newer harder variations than strapping on weight. You get more comfortable in your own body that way and learn new movements. I also don't have weights to use.
And you should get a home pullup bar and leave it always in the doorway if possible, and do a set in the morning and a set in the evening in between other activities, takes a minute and has a great impact.
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11-01-2013, 08:18 PM
Quote: (11-01-2013 03:04 PM)NY Digital Wrote:
This looks like spam.
There's no "spam" here -- many serious lifters recommend IronMind products because of their quality of construction. I suggest the equipment I think is best, but if a man can do hard pullups on a tree outside his door, more power to him. That's the point of the post.
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11-01-2013, 08:26 PM
Quote: (11-01-2013 04:02 PM)Handsome Creepy Eel Wrote:
$700 for a pull-up bar?
Actually, HCE, it's pretty much a 35 lb portable home gym that works as a great rack for heavy squats and dipping station for heavy strapped dips as well as heavy strapped pullups:
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11-01-2013, 10:19 PM
Okay, I might be younger but I can bet on that this exercise is THE BEST exercise for getting stronger. Not only for lats or biceps, I've been doing only pull ups and sprints since I was 9 y.o. I'm almost 18 now and can do 35 reps of pull ups in one set. It's been the same since 4 years but my weight has increased so that means I'm still getting stronger. I think I can give advice on this topic.
1. You dont need any fancy pull up bar, anything will do.
2. Make sure you use a THICK bar for pull ups. Believe me when I say you can out strenghthen the handshake of a 19 inches bicep guy.
3. When it's your last rep, Just hang on the top for atleast 30 seconds.
4. When you can do 20 pull ups in a set, put some weight in a bag and tie it with your legs, It will give you boosting results.
5. It's addictive but don't overdo it.
You will see results in days man. It's the best.
You will have Excellent definition but size won't be all that. It WILL be impressive for sure but only when you take off your shirt. Won't matter much during pick up.
Thats all. Good luck.
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11-01-2013, 10:26 PM
I added 3 inches on my biceps doing pull ups. I got to the point where I did 3 sets of 12 like it was nothing.
I love this thread.
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11-02-2013, 03:43 AM
LOL @ "squat for the upper body". Did boredom result in a silly thread ? Pull-ups are a great excersice for the muscles involved, other upper body muscles like the chest, the shoulders and the triceps have to be targeted with other excercises.
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11-02-2013, 02:30 PM
Quote: (11-01-2013 10:19 PM)Raj Wrote:
Okay, I might be younger but I can bet on that this exercise is THE BEST exercise for getting stronger. Not only for lats or biceps, I've been doing only pull ups and sprints since I was 9 y.o. I'm almost 18 now and can do 35 reps of pull ups in one set.
Not that I'm calling you a liar, but 35 correct form, no kipping, no bullshit pullups is a serious deal. I'm in great fuckin shape and 23 is my max. Pullups and pushups are the height and dick size of the bodybuilding world: everyone exaggerates them.
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11-02-2013, 06:30 PM
Quote: (11-02-2013 03:43 AM)MunichSux Wrote:
LOL @ "squat for the upper body". Did boredom result in a silly thread ?
No. The analogy is actually very good. Pullups,
if done correctly -- and granted, they often aren't -- do more for proportional upper body development than any other exercise. The same is true of squats with respect to the lower body.
If you had to take just two exercises to a desert island, so to speak, those would be the ones to take, and if you did them both hard, you'd be in very good shape.
Given that you're not on a desert island, obviously there other things worth doing for various parts of your body. But that takes nothing away from the point of the post. If you focus on training pullups and do them hard and right, that is probably the single best thing you can do for upper body development. And getting a home pullup bar or any other arrangement that allows you to do them regularly at your convenience is a good way to make sure that happens.
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11-02-2013, 07:03 PM
Iron Mind makes great products (I have many), but that's a lot of money wasted. Pullup bars in door frames can be disadvantageous for several reasons, but you can drop under $30 now for something decent that isn't going to thrash your door frame and hit the gym for the extra pull that a door frame can't offer.
I'll spend the $670 on a plane ticket.
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11-02-2013, 07:27 PM
Damn, for $700 you can go all out building one with 2x4s, angle irons, 1" or more iron pipe and heavy duty bolts. If you ever want to toss it you can easily disassemble and use the pieces for something else.
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11-02-2013, 08:12 PM
I don't have a pullup bar at home but I do them on some scaffolding around the corner from my house usu. after a run.
Once I started doing that whenever I come across some scaffolding, I might just do some pullups. Kind of draws attn but I don't mind anymore.
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11-02-2013, 09:16 PM
I'm surprised not more people here use gymnastics rings. You can pick up good a set with straps for ~100USD. (rogue fitness or fringe sport)
You can do every upper body exercise you can possibly need on either the rings or with just your bodyweight on the ground.
Dips, pushups, pullups, kipping muscleups, back lever, L-sit are the basics on rings. Once you have those mastered move on to the more difficult movements like strict muscle up, front lever, kip-up, L-sit to handstand, handstand pushup on your rings, etc. They aren't going to make you huge like a bodybuilder but you'll be much, much stronger and more flexible than bodybuilder, thus having fewer injuries. Plus, a local park is a much better place to pick up than a gym.
If you're new to rings you're going to have to start by just learning to do a basic support with the rings turned out so the straps aren't against your upper arms. There are plenty of free websites out there with progressions for basic ring exercises. If you're really weak to start with get one of those oversized rubber bands to loop around the rings for assistance with dips and pullups.
They're also very portable, you can keep them hung on a local tree and when you go travelling throw them in your suitcase and hang them on a tree where ever you're at and do your routine just like you do at home. My current setup is a set of rings hanging on a tree across the road from my apartment, a big green army duffle filled with ziploc bags of sand (130lbs.), some kettlebells from 16 to 32 kilos for kettlebell work and also weighting my dips and pullups. That's about 300$ worth of equipment and I am not even close to running out of things to do or getting bored. I only go to the gym for olympic lifting 1x a week. The next thing on my list is a 175 lb. atlas stone.
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11-03-2013, 01:57 AM
I have a $30 doorway pullup bar at home, like one of the pics posted up earlier. It's on the door to my office. Everytime I need to go in there, I have to do a few pullups as entrance fee. It's from a Pavel Tsatsouline's Grease The Groove training principle, and the way I set it up makes it effortless to integrate regular pullups into my life. This got me to 15 strict pullups, and one with 40kg attached. I haven't maxed for a while, but been doing a few easy sets of 10 reps daily either at home or gym or in the park.