Joist Mount Pull Up Bar with Pull Up Assistance Bands - Commercial Gym Quality Pullup Bar with 41" Loop Exercise Pull-Up Assist Bands

CV19 has forced me into the basement to work out. (I so miss the gym.) There are just so many exercises one can do with resistance bands and if you are focused on body weight routines....you have to have a pull up bar. The pull up bar is essential for chin ups and hanging core exercises. (I was doing these hanging from the basement rafters, but that was taking its toll on my hands and giving me a case of golfer's elbow.)Got the Iron Core pull up bar and installed it in a few hours....I'm easily distracted. Oh, so nice! Easily assembled and installed, very sturdy mounting and built to handle much more weight than I can possible put against it. Oh, and the padded handles are so comfortable.I'm now doing chin ups and hanging leg lifts until blue in the face....really. No more sore hands and the golfer's elbow has completely gone away.

First off, I wasn't compensated or given a discount for my opinion. I'm not a serial reviewer either. Buy this chinup bar.I rated it a four for ease of assembly since other people had some difficulty and I did have to remove a few bolts and replace with others. If you pay attention you'll see some of the washers are smaller than others, for example. No instructions, but should be easy enough for someone with basic know how- for example, the lock washers go between the head of the bolt and the flat washers. There really aren't too many ways you could do it, not sure why that was a challenge for some people. When I put it together, it wasn't perfectly flat as someone else indicated in their review. I gave it a twist and it straightened out, not hard.As far as sturdiness goes, I was pleasantly surprised by the weight, they did not skimp on material. I think people who expressed concerns about sturdiness had installation issues. I selected an area where my basement joists were doubled up so I could utilize the full length of the bolts provided. I started with just the lower bolt on each side and it was rock solid. I weigh around 205 and it didn't move with just the two. I used the other ones for good measure since I had them. I'm pretty sure the degree of sturdiness depends on how solid whatever you mount it to is. Mine will only move if the house collapses.I also like that it is low enough so my head doesn't hit the ceiling at the top of the movement. The height worked out perfectly for me, I can still walk under it, but it's low enough that I can do a little jump at the start of each rep to get a little assistance and then lift my legs to use full weight for the negatives. Love the multiple grip options. I have no concerns that my kids, who can break just about anything, will be using it. A huge leap forward from the doorframe chinup bar we've been using.

This was very straight forward to install. It is working great for me. It is solid and the padded grips are very comfortable. I mounted it probably higher than I should have so I need to pay attention so as to not hit my head on the joist behind me but I may lower it to address this problem. Overall, very pleased with my purchase.One thing to note, be careful installing the two bolts that attach the two sides of the bar together. As other reviews have mentioned, they are longer than they need to be. I tightened them down with a ratchet set but unfortunately broke the head off of one of the bolts. Probably because it touched the other side of the bar inside. I don't think this is a problem because the two tubes are set inside each other and the whole peice is securely mounted. These two center bolts don't really serve a strengthening purpose but rather just keep the two sides from rubbing against each other. It would be better to have slightly shorter bolts for this joint.

Very easy to put together and install. I feel good that it can support me (5'10"/200 lbs). Only problem is, and others have said this, the padded grips are very far apart. I can still use the non-padded portion and would still buy this again.

Like the headline says, I had to get new hardware. Their customer service was very good and sent new, free hardware. The one bolt had poor threads. The new hardware is longer which is great. I wish I didn't have to go through that, but they earned the star back with their customer service. the product itself is great. The hardware is meh, but worth it. I just sent the seller a message to get it fixed.

At my 72 year old age the great equalizers are squats, pullups, pushups, and running. They keep me in shape so I can climb trees bowhunting, jump in and out of a canoe wade fishing the coastal marshes, and shoot my 60 pound recurve no problem. With Covid and the gym closures I decided to get a few pieces of equipment, and the pull up bar was one. This thing is rock solid and has a number of different grip options. For the price and sturdyness it gets it a 5. I saw some complaints on the mounting; don't worry about that. You are going to need a drill and a 3/8" ratchet to bolt this in. It comes with a small wrench; throw it away. All tools in "some assembly required" kits are worthless so I did not mark this bar down on that account. With this conviently mounted under the porch its just takes seconds to run down and build those shoulders and arms. We are all going to be old sometime, but we don't have to be weaklings.

This was the cheaper of the two pull up bar options with Prime shipping. I took a chance on it despite the lack of any reviews and I am quite pleased I did! The unit showed up quickly and with all of it's hardware. Assembly was super easy and straight forward. I used some socket wrenches and a drill to drill some pilot holes into my floor joist. The unit is very stout and quite easily holds my 195 pounds up from the floor joist above.Build quality is a 10/10, especially at this price point. The foam on the grips is nice and durable, the end caps are solid and the welds are quality. I also enjoy that the ends are not bent too far down like some other pull up bars. The ergonomics are much more ideal for your wrist position when doing wide grip pull ups.Great addition to my small little home gym and definitely worth saving some funds in comparison to the other options on here.Thanks Iron Core!

Easy to mount to a floor joist in your basement

Good quality product with 3 choices of grip for variations on pull ups and chin up exercises

very pleased with this product

Easy to mount and works great with variety of grips placements

Hardware included to assemble and install the bar was missing numerous pieces. The pieces that were included did not fit

Good product, however two screws were missing from the kit. Consequently, I can't properly fix the front handles.