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<p>what kit did you get??</p>
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<p>how much?</p>
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<p>At moment I am using my squat rack with my straight bar to do pull ups; legs usually out in front of me, so not real pull ups, but still get a decent work out.</p> -
<p>Post some pics once you've got your (outdoor) home gym sorted bro - I've looked at similar wall mounted bars but never got around to getting one. I'd put some heavy duty fixings in that badboy - over engineer! who knows, you might be doing weighted pull ups soon!</p>
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<p>was thinking about getting one of these, <$200 delivered, particularly for the pull up and dip aspect.</p>
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<p>If those 8mm ankascrews don't hold it (rated to 350kg) then I'll be too buff to care</p>
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<p>Just tell the missus you're bulking bro!!</p> -
<p>The ones I use on the hill are pretty simple, solid andthe right height so I can do a full stretch after doing pull ups. Standing on tip toes I can almost get my fingers over the bar-whatever height that is. Solid pipe, with two wooden posts in concrete. I would prefer them to the one you showed TR since they seem stronger, and there is room to move the legs back and forth (ab workout). But for 200$, nice and simple eh!</p>
<p>The dip bars I use under the trees are just right, small jump up, nice and solid, not too narrow or wide apart, and bar is not too thick.</p>
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<p>NTA, not sure I could do dips with rings from the pull up bar!</p> -
<p>They came with nylon straps so I won't be using a ladder to get up there :). I set the bar basically at the top of my reach so I have to jump a little to get hold of the neutral grip handles.</p>
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<p>Need to figure out a squat rack now. Will see if my mate the metal worker has any ideas.</p>
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<p>Karate tonight. Sensei made it fairly casual as it was first class back for the year but I was still sweating like a biatch (mid 30s here today). Felt good though, with some new "self-defense" drills at the end.</p>
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<p>I use the quote marks because Sensei's idea of defending yourself seems to be crippling the other bloke(s) as quickly and painfully as possible. I'm not complaining, just that it would feel a little dishonest trying to explain it to a judge in the unlikely event it would happen...</p> -
<p>there was a bit heavier looking version I had a look at without the dip bars but including a squat rack, but roughly double the price and I already have a squat rack....not sold on the idea of drilling big holes in my walls yet :)</p>
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Yeah guess my problem is the area it is going into - it's like an extra car parking spot around the side of my house, fully concreted, so I don't want large, permanent racks cluttering it up<br /><br />It's also uncovered (for now) except for the eaves which are about twelve feet up, so any gear out there us going to cop weather and sun, being north facing.<br /><br />Best bet is probably a pair of those freestanding squat racks so I can move them if I need to. Once i get the damn side gate put on
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<p>Once I have some trees and plants grow up a bit I'll be able to push some of my stuff outside, but right now, despite hardly anyone being able to see me if they looked (given the lady in the house behind lives alone and can really only see when she goes up her drive) it just feels really exposed!</p>
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Yeah I've been a bit shy about hitting the rack in the open. Particularly as I'm so unfit and the blokes across the street are RAAF blokes who are wiry and look fit as fuck.<br /><br />But I'll have to get into it shortly, as those pushups yesterday have reminded me just how portly toned I am
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<p>* poorly, not portly... though if the cap fits :)</p>
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<p>While doing a few jobs outside this evening (mostly watering after a 40C day) I put in a few pullups to start getting the muscles back into shape:</p>
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<p>5 neutral grip full hang.</p>
<p>Wander off and do a couple of things.</p>
<p>5 wide overhand grip.</p>
<p>Go inside and watch some cricket</p>
<p>5 neutral grip full hang.</p>
<p>Short break</p>
<p>Couple of wide overhand but the fingers were getting a little torn by that stage.</p>
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<p>The full hang were a minimum 1 second break, using only my forearms to lock and maintain grip, while relaxing the shoulders and back as much as possible. I couldn't do this on the previous rig I had because the bar was 50mm pipe so I couldn't lock around with my thumbs. Now what Kea has been saying is making sense to me and I think I should start seeing good improvements with regular training.</p>
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<p>Did some pushups when I got inside to sort out the soreness from yesterday's little effort.</p>
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<p>Got the idea in my head today for a workout - each set to total failure with a one minute break in between:</p>
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<p>5 sets Full-hang pull ups</p>
<p>5 sets 45kg military press</p>
<p>5 sets 45kg bent row</p>
<p>5 sets 45kg front squats</p>
<p>5 sets push ups</p>
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<p>By the time I hit the push ups, I should barely be able to do any...</p> -
<p>Great to see some improvement with your pull ups, and sounds like a perfect routine to do. Start with 3 sets of each, and work your way up to 7 or 8 sets of each after a few months. Repeating 5 pull ups with 1 minute break is not hard. Dips are also feasible-the lowest I seem to go on repeated efforts is 4-6. I think the thing is not holding yourself to a number, but to repeatedly do your max plus 1-2 cheats if needed.</p>
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<p>Good luck!</p>
