Additionally, muscle ups, and one-arm pull do not appear safe. One arm pull ups are potentially dangerous if you weigh more than 125 pounds as it could strain the device. Overview: So, if you're ready to take your home gym equipment arsenal to the next level, it's time to get yourself a pullup bar. Let's dive in to the 8 best pullup bars for home workouts in 2023. Additionally, the grips are wrapped in texture making it easy to complete pull ups. This allows the climber to train both strength and finger-strength without having to switch out the grips. Hangboarding with the Eleviia – photo by Ilya Sarossy Weaknesses: You might not be able to do all that right away. For some people, eking out even one rep is an accomplishment worth striving for, so you can't just jump up to the bar and pull. You might have to break the move down to its component parts. To really master the form, work your way up from dead hangs to full-on reps using this guide. This is a great option if you have a non-standard width door frame at your disposal. The Maximiza Plus Pull Up Bar has a minimum width of 35 inches, which is where most other Door Pull Up Bars stop. This can be increased to 50 inches at its maximum length. Although being a great option, the Maximize Plus is also one of your only options as a Pull Up Bar for wide a door frame.

Door-mounted pull-up bars mount either via pressure or screws. Pressure-mounted bars wedge against your doorframe to stay in place and are less likely to cause any damage to the doorframe or wall. Screw-mounted pull-up bars for doorframes are mounted into each side of the frame. Our absolute favorites when we’re away from home are the Duonamic Eleviia. This innovative take on a Travel Pull-Up Bar has been designed down the minutia to be light-weight, portable and just as versatile as a full-length Pull-Up Bar. They take all but 5 seconds to set up and nearly any doorframe in the world will work. The proprietary clamp design means that the more weight you hand from them, the tighter they clamp down around the molding (the trim around the doorframe). They are safe by design.Since it is a portable device, we’re not looking into anything acrobatic but anything that can be done safely is of course another advantage. We will also be looking at comfort and of course, ease of carry and ease of installation. The last two should be a given seeing as it’s a portable Pull-Up Bar but we’ll see. How Does the Duonamic Eleviia Work?

As you improve on your pullups, you may want to find ways to make them more difficult. “If you can blow out 20 pullups, you’re not really improving strength anymore,” says Waxman. If you like to (or plan to) add weights into your sets, be sure to buy a pullup bar that can support you and those additional pounds. All of the bars we recommend have a maximum weight capacity of at least 250 pounds (most are 300). BudgetAll the parts that go into a Duonamic Eleviia are proprietary, down to the screws holding the two halves together. Everything has been precision engineered to fit and function just right. This is followed by rigorous testing; some of the testing devices obviously being made in-house. But that has a certain charm to it. This is where innovation happens; not a big white label manufacturer churning out copies of the same design, but in the homes and basements of enthusiastic young people with a keen edge for engineering and a passion for Calisthenics. To see that come to fruition as a brand demands our respect. But! Does it work? Our Expectations for this Duonamic Eleviia Review Hand positioning is another factor to consider when selecting a pull-up bar. A basic pull-up bar will allow for just one or two hand positions. Others will allow for narrow, wide, sideways, or even angled hand positions. Some have foam that make it easier to grip, while others don’t. The foam makes a bar easier for large hands to grip, but some people don’t like the feel of the extra padding. On the other hand, foam grips are often easier to use for people just getting into pull-ups and are less likely to cause blisters. How We Selected Most interior doors are all alike and have the same measurements as per IRC building requirements. These are international codes regarding interior building construction and so can be found pretty much worldwide. Most doors will have a width of 28, 30 or 32 inches. Door Pull Up Bars will be constructed to accommodate all these sizes. Nowadays though, propriety doors of different sizes are becoming more and more common. There are also alternatives to the traditional swinging door, like sliding doors of various sizes. With a maximum tested weight of 242lbs, the Pullup & Dip is ready to handle most Calisthenics practitioners out there. The foam grips are very high quality and supremely comfortable to hold on too. They are the type which have just enough give to dig your fingers and palms into, but are rigid enough to maintain a proper shape. Installing an at-home pull-up bar is easier than you think. We'll give you an idea of what to expect based on the mounting type, but, keep in mind that every bar is different, so it's important to read the instructions provided by manufacturers prior to installation.

This is the only Door Pull Up Bar on our list which doesn’t use foam padding. The powder coated steel has a perfect finish just fine enough and still coarse enough to give you all the grip you need. A major advantage of having just powder coated steel is that, unlike foam, it won’t dry up and become brittle (at least not in our lifetimes). Doorway Pull Up Bars: we recommend getting these if you are really strapped for space in your situation or need an inexpensive way to start doing Calisthenics. A “hidden” advantage of the Doorway Pull Up Bar is that you’re not limited to hanging them up high. They can also double as a dipping bar by placing them around waist height. Safety should be of no concern here either beyond normal safe conduct when using a Pull Up Bar. The components are all of a propriety design and in such a way that unless the whole door frame gives in, the Eleviia stays put. Make sure the feet (which are rubberized to prevent damaging the frame) are securely placed over the frame itself On the downside, it’s not as versatile as other pullup bars on this, largely due to its extremely simple design. Some reviewers note that the smooth (grip-free) bar is harder to keep a hold of than models with dedicated foam grips. Unlike portable, door-mounted models, this pullup bar obviously isn’t portable. So, if that matters to you, you may want to consider an alternative.Technically, this isn't a pull up bar, but more like two individual pull up clamps with handles. But, it’s a unique device that’s designed for the same purpose as a pullup bar. Plus it’s compact, lightweight (just 3.5 lbs for the set), and portable enough to toss in a suitcase or gym bag and take with you just about anywhere. The temporary “installation” (if you can call it that) requires nothing more than clamping each side to a door frame, and the whole process takes less than ten seconds. Reverse the process to remove and reclamp them at a friend’s house, at your vacation Airbnb, or anywhere else you want to get in an upper-body workout. Each clamp set supports a decent 250-pound weight capacity—enough for most users. Duonamic also claims the non-marking design will not damage or scuff up your doorway. Duonamic design principles: easy to use, built to last, and eye catching aesthetics consistent with other Duonamic products. With both a narrow and wide grip present, the Pullup & Dip Door Frame Pull Up Bar is very versatile. The offset ensures that you can make a full chin-up without hitting the wall above the door frame. Two perpendicular protrusions are also present to do Hammer Pull Ups, one of the many variations of Pull Ups you can do with this Door Pull Up Bar. These are our runner-up Door Pull Up Bars. We cut out all the unwanted ones from our list and again divided them into their three main categories. Since we are talking about three radically different designs, we also omitted a tiered list. You’ll only find our limited selection of the best Door Pull Bars per type: