Creative Fitness Door Gym

[damned_colonial]

Has anyone here used the Creative Fitness Door Gym? Any reviews/thoughts/comments? Know of a better brand? (I like the look of this one because it doesn't require any installation of the hardware.)

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[holdouttrout]

Hey! I'm not the OP, but I'm glad you chimed in. I liked the look of it a lot, and am glad you actually own it and like it. Of course, I'm not sure if I should even bother, since I can't do one chin-up, let alone more. Still, I'd like to be able to.

[damned_colonial]

There are a bunch of things you can do to work up to full chinups. rydra_wong mentioned negative chinups the other day... that means you use a chair to step up so you're at the uppermost point of the chinup, then let yourself down, trying to let yourself down slowly and controlled. Another option is assisted chinups using resistance bands, a chair, or a partner.

I'm probably going to do negatives and/or get resistance bands.

[holdouttrout]

I think I'm going to have to look at resistance bands to start. I'm pretty sure I'm weak enough that even negatives might be too daunting.

[rydra_wong]

FWIW, one of my next 3W4DW posts is going to be a linkspam of resources on how to work towards chin-ups/pull-ups. Getting to the first one is the hardest bit for almost everyone; you need a bar or something you can hang off to work towards it. It's not like you should only get a bar if you can already do a chin-up *g*.

[holdouttrout]

Awesome! I'll keep my eyes peeled.

[rydra_wong]

Ta-da:

Push-ups and pull-ups