Alternate Pull-Up exercises

joehempel
joehempel Posts: 1,543 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I'm thinking of re-starting P90X, but I don't have any of the things around my door frames to do pull-ups....I also use resistance bands rather than free weights.

What alternate exercises can I do that will target what pull-ups do? Seated Rows, or something to that effect?

The pull-up thing is the only thing that's really keeping me from re-starting.

Thanks in advance!

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  • joehempel
    joehempel Posts: 1,543 Member
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  • roro73
    roro73 Posts: 153 Member
    You can use the resistance bands to simulate the pull ups. You can buy an anchor that you attach to your fitness band (you slide it to the middle of the band) and throw that over the door then close it. I just did chest & back the other day and one of the guys was on the bands. If you do them at the appropriate angle, it's very similar to doing the pull up.
  • PLUMSGRL
    PLUMSGRL Posts: 1,134 Member
    Walmart sells them for about $25~
    other than that, how about the local park and knock them out on the swing set...
  • joehempel
    joehempel Posts: 1,543 Member
    Walmart sells them for about $25~
    other than that, how about the local park and knock them out on the swing set...


    I don't have a portable dvd player LOL!


    I also down have crown molding over the doors to put a pull up bar. However I DO have a door jam for resistance bands. I'll look into that!

    Thanks!!!
  • taxidermist15
    taxidermist15 Posts: 677 Member
    someone suggested to me to do lat pull downs (i have a bowflex) because i have a pull up bar and cant even do one, so im starting off with that.

    check this link out, he uses all sorts of stuff around the home for pull ups.



    http://evilcyber.com/fitness/pullups-without-bar/
    ETA: might help if i actually put the link in. sorry
  • joehempel
    joehempel Posts: 1,543 Member
    I just tried resistance bands and door jam....you can feel it in your back right around the shoulder blades....good stuff!!
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