GoFit Chin-Up Bar
|
List Price: Our Price: $17.67 You Save: $7.32 (29%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $16.99 (click here) Category: Sports See more product details |
|---|
Description of GoFit Chin-Up Bar
The GoFit Chin Up Bar is a great addition to your at home training program. Not only is the bar perfect for chin-ups, its can also be used as a foot anchor for sit-ups and crunches. The GoFit Chin-Up bar will adjust to fit most standard width doorframes. The bar easily supports up to 250 pounds of weight when mounted properly. Comfortable foam grips are secured to the bar to minimize hand fatigue. Includes mounting hardware. Tools not included.A great addition to your at home training program, the GoFit Chin-Up Bar is not only perfect for chin-up exercises but it can also be used as a foot anchor for sit-ups and crunches. It adjusts to fit most standard width doorframes, and the bar will support up to 250 pounds of weight when mounted properly. Comfortable foam grips are secured to the bar to minimize hand fatigue. Mounting hardware will include 2 silver weight bearing brackets for mounting high in your door, and two plastic non-weight bearing stoppers for mounting the bar low in the doorway for doing situps. Tools not included.
Sports reviews of GoFit Chin-Up Bar
Customer Review: Wish I had bought this years ago!! GREAT! 2 thumbs up!
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I have had my chin up bar for over a year now, I initially bought it to encourage my "couch potato" kids to challenge themselves or each other! Well it has accomplished that & MORE! My boys now are a LOT leaner & toned, this was an easy "fun" way to get into becoming physically fit! When you see it everyday it is an easy "prompting" to see how many you can now do! We started with some of the kids only being able to hang on it, after reaching it standing on a stool! The youngest kids did NOT want to be left out of the FUN! They even got me, old mom to try my muscles out with it! I am considering buying more for each kids bedroom door, as whenever they see someone doing it, they all have to wait for turns to see if they can out do the other kids (this takes some time as I have "MANY" children!!) SEVEN, & 5 are boys! :.)
The ONLY "CON" is that due to soooo much use it has pushed apart the molding in the door's frame where it is installed, that will be easy enough to remedy (knocking it back in place) IF we ever go to sell the house.
It is a small enough price to pay for my boys "new found" muscles & has spurred them onto all types of other physical conditioning competing. The latest is seeing who can do a "PLANK" the longest! Mom is holding the lead thus far at a consistent 7 minutes with an occasional 8! But ONLY on an EMPTY stomach first thing in the A.M.! LOL I HIGHLY recommend this inexpensive bar for yourself or a friend, it makes a GREAT gift!
Customer Review: GoFit chinup bar- How to use if out of shape/starting...!
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I haven't done a chin-up since way back (60 pounds ago- My record was then 27).
This was "now" MUCH to difficult, for me...!?
Then I talked to a fitness instructor, about my problem...?-
He suggested that I turn regular chin-ups into a "much easier/better" isometric exercise!-
Grab the bar (palms facing, for starters), and hop up (get a stool...), until chin is about even with the bar (you can support a little weight with legs on stool, if too difficult...).
Then just hold that postion for a few seconds... (increase time..., as is comfortable...), then let yourself slowly down.
Do this every "other" day (don't do/Arthritis...!- if joints or muscles, are sore...!).
I'm now up to four sets of 30 seconds bi-daily, and rotate palms facing or palms away (pull-up)-
My arms & back... have toned up, and I do so "!MUCH!" better at tennis/golf!
I can now do a regular chin-up, but the "extra" strain REALLY makes my joints (shoulder, elbow) ache!
I'll just stick with the isometrics...!
Notes:
1. I hung it in the bathroom doorway, to help remind me...!
2. Yes- the bar rotates a little, if not gripped firmly (this is REALLY good, for toning your wrists...!)!
3. I Love the cushioned foam grips, that don't cut off circulation to hands- like my old cushionless bar did!
Customer Review: You HAVE to do Pull-Ups if you want to be strong, sexy, and stable
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
Pull-Ups are a MUST to a strong, sexy, and stable body. They are the best exercises for your upper body strength, especially your back, lats, and biceps.
There are so many variations of pull-ups you can do, from chin ups to pull-ups, from narrow grip to wide grip, and from middle to side.
If you live near a park, just use those natural hanging surfaces to do your pull-ups. If you don't have access to anything sturdy that you can hang onto, then invest in a pull-up bar.
Go to a fitness store and test out the different brands of pull-ups. See which one works for you, and buy that one.
If you don't feel the burn after 10 repetitions, you are doing the exercise wrong. In all exercises, it is the eccentric portion of the exercise that builds muscle. Do the exercise in a smooth, controlled fashion with a 3 concentric and 6 eccentric count. Squeeze at the peak of the motion to get that extra pump.
As in all exercises, make sure to keep your wrists straight and check your posture with these seven vital points: feet hips-width apart and pointed straight ahead; knees slightly bent; pelvis at perfect middle, as if you are sitting at a bar stool; stomach tight, but not flexed; chest straight and aligned on top of ribs; shoulders parallel to ribs; and neck straight on top of body.
Customer Review: Service a MainStreetThings Priority
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
GoFit Chin-Up Bar I am rarely motivated to take the time to write reviews. It usually requires either a really terrible or really terrific experience to inpire me. In this case, I am pleased to say it was a terrific experience which has so moved me to do so. Won't go into all the gory details, just suffice it to say that if there was ever any doubt that a particular express shipper--who shall remain unnamed--could find a way to bend a steel bar in a most extraordinary way then this particular shipper's employees did it. What truly BENT me, however,was the fact they then proceeded to slap the GoFIt Chin Up Bar they had admittedly and amazingly damaged into another box and sent on to me rather than returning it to MainStreetThings. However, I am very pleased to say that it took no more than a quick email to Ron at MainStreet and within a matter of a couple of days I had a replacement--AT NO ADDITIONAL COST!! AND, I didn't have to hassle with sending the damaged one back either!!! Very rarely do I experience such quality customer service--and when I do, it is certainly worth five stars in my book. Only wish more vendors would take a leaf out of this one's book.Customer Review: No fear of falling
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I've had this bar for a few weeks and it is great! I watched someone use one of my friends pull up bars that was just held on by brackets (it didn't extend into the door frame). The bar broke, and the guy did a nasty back breaker on the wood floor followed by the back of their head bouncing off the floor like a super ball; I was then terrified to use one of these. I decided to try this one out...and I was enticed by the good reviews and the cost. I was nervous about using it the first time (being 6' tall & 210 pounds), but as soon as I hung on the bar, I felt safe and secure. I'm down to 200 pounds (after exercising and eating well) and have noticed my arms and back are stronger.
My only gripe is one that others have said...the screws that come with it blow. I drilled the holes out for the brackets and the first screw I tried to put in snapped in half. I threw away the rest of the screws and got some similar wood screws and it was fine. So potental buyers, just get some wood screws from Lowes or something and throw away the supplied screws. Other than that, a excellent product!