Posted: 2/5/2008 7:16:21 PM EDT
| Anyone suggest a substitute exercise for the pull up.I dont have a pull up bar. |
lots of pull-up bars.
| I have found that dips are a great substitute as far as the lats are concerned. The issue becomes doing 5 different exercises to completely substitute the overhand pullup. As far as the pullup bar goes, I just hung a piece of pipe from the ceiling in my basement with some 550 cord. Is something like this really not an option? |
Most of those either fall down, mar your door frame, or both. I like this one: EasyEffort Universal Door Mount Pull up Bar
Plus parallel bars for dips, etc. I always look for these when I travel. Some of the old school ones still have monkey bars, rings, etc. Those are an excellent workout. |
Not at all. We had one at my parents' house for years, I used it constantly (and I weighed around 180lbs at the time) and it never fell down or marred the door frame. We have one for my son now and it works fine. |