door frame chin up bar

AlsDonkBoxSquat
AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Anyone have one of those door hanging chin up bars? Which do you have? Where did you get it? How is it?

I'm not looking to use it to do chin ups, but I need it to work on my grip strength . . . having a problem deadlifting my weight because I can't keep ahold of the bar. Someone had suggested that hanging from one of these for as long as possible would help.

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  • Bubs05
    Bubs05 Posts: 179 Member
    I got mine from Bed Bath and Beyond if you can believe it. It was in the "As Seen on TV" section. I don't use it for exercise but as a measure of progress. When I started my "lifestyle change" I couldn't even hang my weight from it for more than about 3 seconds. Now I can almost do a pullup (upper body strength has ALWAYS been a weakness for me), but every night before I go to bed I give it a try. And every week I get closer and closer.
  • koosdel
    koosdel Posts: 3,317 Member
    I have one from Walmart. I hate it, but it works.

    I think it would be better to lower your dead lift weight, and add sets.
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    I have one from Walmart. I hate it, but it works.

    I think it would be better to lower your dead lift weight, and add sets.

    It doesn't just impact my dead weight though, it impacts all my dumb bell exercises too, and of course the further I get into my work out the more tired my grip becomes. It's really frustrating to have to put the weight down half way through my set just because the damn thing is slipping. To be fair it doesn't help that one of the guys in my gym has all 3 of the bars bent to *kitten* because we don't have a squat rack so once I start to lose grip the *kitten* thing begins to roll in my hands so I can't adjust. Then by the time I get to dumb bells my hands are torn up by the rolling bar and my grip is *kitten* because it's the weakest part of me . . . sorry, didn't mean to rant.
  • hypotrochoid
    hypotrochoid Posts: 842 Member
    Do you use gloves? That might help with the slipping. Also those little squeezy balls that climbers use to increase their grip strength.

    As far as pullup bars, I have one that I got at Target. It screws into the wall instead of going over the door- I find it to be much more stable and is great for inclines.
  • koosdel
    koosdel Posts: 3,317 Member
    Gloves are fine for 'pushing' type lifts, for any 'pulling' chalk is much better. That alone will improve your grip.
  • tangal88
    tangal88 Posts: 689
    I use gloves, and the power lifting strap on hook things for hands, when doing lunges with weights etc. Those dumbells get tough to hold after a few reps. I personally did not want lower weight, higher reps. For my goals that would not suit me.

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    http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gold-s-Gym-Powerlifting-Hooks/15189206

    A bit awkward to get used to at first, but defiantly helped! So works well for me. They attach with velcro, and I flip the hook up, when I move to a different exercise (like pull ups), if I will be needing them again shortly in my circuit. They remove easy though, if thats better for you.

    I also have an in the door frame pull up bar, like the ones from walmart, got mine on Amazon, as I needed a wider one. Its okay, but husband is to tall to use it. We now have a Power Stand, with a pull up bar on it (taller)

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  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    I use gloves, and the power lifting strap on hook things for hands, when doing lunges with weights etc. Those dumbells get tough to hold after a few reps.

    0007434517425_100X100.jpg

    http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gold-s-Gym-Powerlifting-Hooks/15189206

    I also have an in door frame pull up bar, like the ones from walmart, got mine on Amazon, as I needed a wider one. Its okay, but husband is to tall to use it. We now have a Power Stand, with a pull up bar on it (taller)

    I've gone back and forth on hooks and straps:

    The pro: you're not limited to your grip
    The con: your grip does not improve with your increased weights

    It's a tough coin flip for me.
  • pereztech930
    pereztech930 Posts: 60 Member
    Iron Gyms are awesome.
  • tangal88
    tangal88 Posts: 689
    I use gloves, and the power lifting strap on hook things for hands, when doing lunges with weights etc. Those dumbells get tough to hold after a few reps.

    0007434517425_100X100.jpg

    http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gold-s-Gym-Powerlifting-Hooks/15189206

    I also have an in door frame pull up bar, like the ones from walmart, got mine on Amazon, as I needed a wider one. Its okay, but husband is to tall to use it. We now have a Power Stand, with a pull up bar on it (taller)

    I've gone back and forth on hooks and straps:

    The pro: you're not limited to your grip
    The con: your grip does not improve with your increased weights

    It's a tough coin flip for me.

    I hear you. Had same concern. But you can flip hooks up, do as many reps as you can to slowly build grip strength. Then when you feel that you are getting to the drop point. Set bells down. flip hooks over the bar, and do the rest of your reps or sets. Slowly you should build that way. Keep pushing a bit farther each time.

    But the bar hang would also be great. I can hang a good while on the bar though, yet I still find my dumbbell work was seriously being penalized, because of the grip strength issue.
  • tangal88
    tangal88 Posts: 689
    also meant to add. When using the hooks, I actually adjust them so they are a tad "long" on fit length - meaning I can gripe the bells completely, no assist from the hook, at all. But as I tire, and grip strength becomes a struggle, I can loosen my hand grip slightly, allowing hooks to take more/less of the dumbell weight.

    So depending on weights used that may also be an option for you. I Typically am using 25-30 dumbbells when using the hooks.
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