Pull ups are the king of all body weight exercises and arguably all exercises. They might only be bested by the ab roller for best exercise for your abdominals as well. But you don’t always have a good bar or rings around to practice your pull ups. You could go to your local gym or find a tree but that isn’t always possible.
Enter the door pull up bar. These products can easily enhance your door to allow you to practice your pull ups at home. You can watch TV while doing pull ups, or even just hang to improve your grip strength.
If you are just starting to train your pull ups you could do a grease the groove routine. A grease the groove routine involves doing lots of solo reps of an exercise to get your body used to the movement. With the door pull up bar you can do 1 or 2 pull ups every time you walk through. Before long you will be smashing out 10 reps easy.
Types of door pull up bars
There are a couple of types of these door pull up bars. There is this style that goes on the door jamb and pushes into the door frame. These ones are great because they can generally handle more weight. They also have a large variety of grip holds to use. This means you can add a lot of variety to your training and workout more muscle areas effectively. Although you may wish to add some more padding so that the door frame doesn’t get damage while you’re using it. Especially important if you are renting your property and want to reduce the chance of damage.
The other type goes between the frame and pushes outwards, called a telescopic pull up bar. These are generally only good for people who are lighter as they can slide out with too much weight. However this one comes with little mounts to put on your door frame if you are heavier and able to alter your door frame.