Is the Door Frame Pull Up Bar really Safe?

Now as "home gymers" we need to vary our workout techniques in every possible way, and the very important exercise the pull up is vital for us to implement into our workout.

What we have here is the door frame pull up bar, and this device requires no screws or power drills, you simply hook it on your door frame.

Now these are way better than the conventional one pole that you drill into your door as we have all seen the "you've been framed" videos where it all goes wrong.

The pull up bar has a wide top frame which sits on your door frame, which basically spreads the weight that it is able to handle.

Most are fully padded out which means it does not damage your door frame or the surrounding area.

It is quite scary at first, because you really think there's no way this can handle my weight "I know its gonna break" but put those fears a side, put a pillow under your self and bust out those 8 - 10 reps of pull ups and you will be surprised of how robust the device is. You will also find that most of the pull up devices have a maximum load carry, ranging from 80 kg to 120 kg and probably even more, meaning if you weigh around 150 - 200 lbs this device is still able to hold your weight, so really pull hard for a chin up, with no fear.

Now the device is limited to the amount of variation you can do, as you will be able to do the normal shoulder width, pull up, most frames have the externalgrips on them allowing you to do the neutral grip pull up (Hammer grip), even do ab exercises, as far as wide pull ups, this really depends on the bar that you buy and these are usually pricier.

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