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hey guys,

im interested in anyone knows of anyways to practise the pull ups without any bars or wieghts to use. i found one suggestion of putting a broom handle on the back of two chairs and lying underneath and pulling yourself up do you know if that would help? or not?

at the moment its my pull ups that i am struggling with the most so any help is much appreciated!

cheers matt

A sturdy tree branch, or an tall football goal?

Tree branch is best, great for half and full regains as well if your that enthusiastic .

Mitch

There was a vid on here a while ago from this website http://www.rossboxing.com

He uses a tree branch with a towel looped over the top and holds onto the towel rather than the actual branch. Bit of variation is always good.

Otherwise go to your local park, I'm sure there's loads of climbing frames and stuff like that.

matt5189 wrote:hey guys,

im interested in anyone knows of anyways to practise the pull ups without any bars or wieghts to use. i found one suggestion of putting a broom handle on the back of two chairs and lying underneath and pulling yourself up do you know if that would help? or not?

at the moment its my pull ups that i am struggling with the most so any help is much appreciated!

cheers matt

why dont you just purchase a bar from argos, i think they are only about £7, i got mine in February and still use it every day, great value.

jimbob wrote:

matt5189 wrote:hey guys,

im interested in anyone knows of anyways to practise the pull ups without any bars or wieghts to use. i found one suggestion of putting a broom handle on the back of two chairs and lying underneath and pulling yourself up do you know if that would help? or not?

at the moment its my pull ups that i am struggling with the most so any help is much appreciated!

cheers matt

why dont you just purchase a bar from argos, i think they are only about £7, i got mine in February and still use it every day, great value.

I second that, best training aid i've purchased so far.

KiloAlpha wrote:or an tall football goal?

I would give the football goal posts a miss. From my experience they are a bit flimsy & dangerous to be hanging off. You could find yourself on a life support machine before long if you choose them as your pullup tool. Go for the Argos thingy that the others suggested.

Or you could try the powerbar.

http://www.mfat.co.uk/forums/viewtopic. ... t=powerbar

If you don't want to drill into your doorframe, get one these

powerbar

I would definately recommend it!

Beat me to it.

Great minds an' all that!

Ali and mattmeist, i know this has been discussed, but is a normal wooden door fram strong enough to hold the power bar in your experience? The power bar looks like it would rip the top piece of the doot frame clean off?

I am pretty hopeless at pull ups and dont have a bar, I've been using accomodating tree branches where I run (round Epping Forest, Essex)
I also find the Lats pull down machine at the gym b****y brilliant for building the pull up reps.
Give it a whirl!

Regards
SYKES

Train hard, fight easy!

oooo i like the look of that powerbar but yea worried about the door frame and hitting my head on the roof, but the argos chin up bar sounds good!

cheers guys

I tried the tree branch pull up method a while ago when I was away from home and didn't have access to a pull up bar. I jumped onto it and ripped it right off lol. It was a strong looking branch aswell. The bar across two chairs is alrite if you want some variation from normal pull ups. E.g during circuit training. But I wouldn't rely just on those as they aren't that strenuous. Go for the argos bar

I'm pretty tall and heavy and I have no such problems with the frame breaking or hitting my head and there's also nothing special about my ceilings and frames.

I use it for a door frame that is in a concrete wall, as opposed to plaster, and I daren't use it on a frame that has a window above it.

I LOVE MY POWERBAR!