Ideas for Pull Up Bar in Room?

Have any of you ever installed one in one of your rooms/dorms before? I'm trying to find a cheap way to do do this. Also, I can't use any of those door frame pull up bars. I'm trying to find a cheap one that can be mounted on a wall but I can only find those $80 ones. ?

Just make sure you can find enough studs that are the correct distance and wouldn't be obstructing much stuff. I'm sure you could make one for ~25 if you get creative.

I spent $50 (including shipping) for a door one that doesn't require any holes in the door frame. Hopefully it fits my door correctly because I have some funky moldings on my door frames. They look almost exactly like this --

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I really want a chin up bar for my room, link me if you can.

I just recently bought an everlast sit up bar thingy that attaches to the bottom of your door, it's easier because I do a lot of sit ups every night, and this makes it not hurt my feet and I don't need to shift my weight forward so my feet stay down. Got it in the bargain bin at Tj Maxx when my mom made me go in with her ) 15 bucks

I have one sorta like this in my door- http//www.sportsauthority.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1832283&cp=693994&sr=1&origkw=pull+up+bar&parentPage=family
I use it all the time

[quote7db5fdc3a6="Berky34"]I have one sorta like this in my door- http//www.sportsauthority.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1832283&cp=693994&sr=1&origkw=pull+up+bar&parentPage=family
I use it all the time[/quote7db5fdc3a6]

I wish it was that simple. Unfortunately my parents do not want my to ruin the wood frame on the door by drilling into it. I don't blame them - it's a really nice door frame (see above pic).

Anyway, this may sound terrible but I lost the link to the site that I bought it from. I took a screenshot of the order confirmation on there but I accidentally deleted that. Even worse, they haven't sent me a confirmation email. shock

I haven't gotten a charge on my card yet but I'll see what happens. I found the Amazon link to it ---

http//www.amazon.com/EZ-Up-Rite-Life%C2%AE-Push-up/dp/B000CRLD02

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It door frame to the wall with no bolts or screws. D

Would that not pull down the top frame thing? I want to get one if not.

Wouldn't something like that get in the way of you closing your door?

It's detachable of course, it's actually an awesome idea, i might invest in one lol, not sure if it would fit my door or not.

[quotee3a68c82b5="CougarKid"]Would that not pull down the top frame thing? I want to get one if not.[/quotee3a68c82b5]

I was kind of wondering about what kind of pressure it'd put on the door too. It says that it can support up to 300 pounds though. Oh and I read the reviews on Amazon and they said it worked fine. shrug

MNX -

It's detachable (like XiORE said). It's kind of cool because you can also use it for harder pushups (you can go lower than you normally could on a regular floor).

XiORE -

Good job on the avatar. The FiPG emblem you put on it looks really cool. Welcome to FiPG by the way. D

for me I don't think that would be tall enough for me to use, I could probably stand on my knees and still grab it...

I bought this one[=http//www.amazon.com/GoFit-Chin-Up-Bar/dp/B000KJ9P8E/ref=sr_1_4/104-9512140-0444732?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1174240347&sr=8-4]this one for $20 from amazon it works nicely, the bar expands so I actually installed it outside my room where the walls go up higher so I can go down further and up all the way. But it would work nicely in your door frame

this ones only $25. A very nice pull up bar!

http//www.rockler.com/ecom7/findprod.cfm?Cat_ID=18&ObjectGroup_Id=205&filter=shed%20plans&sku=907

[quote1a133939f6="Armstrong"]this ones only $25. A very nice pull up bar!

http//www.rockler.com/ecom7/findprod.cfm?Cat_ID=18&ObjectGroup_Id=205&filter=shed%20plans&sku=907[/quote1a133939f6]
You do know thats a bar, right? Not a pull up bar?

Maybe he just read the title and he thought that's what I was talking about. lol

haha...yeah I know, I did read it and thought of that first.