chin ups on doors?

[Softmuscled]

I now got a bench, alot of plates, barbells, dumbells, squat rack and i can work any muscle the same way i do at the gym cept im a home. This is because the only gym that accepts people at my age in my area is far away and i can only get there 3 times a week in the school year.. so until i can drive im going to have to workout at home. I dont really mind it as i can have even better workouts at home. The only thing i cant do is lats. I live in a new house which is made up of mostly hollow walls, thus we cant intall a chinup bar. My basement is full of things so no room in there too. So could i still make gains chinning on a door? I have tried it today and it seemed like on a chin up bar... so i guess its like the same. Anyone do this?

[Liquid]

like you mean hanging on the top of the door? on gripping to ledge on top of the door and hanging in the door way?

[fatrat_uk]

If you're grabbing the thin edge of the door frame you'll need a lot of grip strength.

[jonnyb]

You might snap the door off the hinges. If it's weak wood that could snap.

Aside from that, just watch you don't drop down testicles first on the doornob

[wannagetmuscle]

Those work if you are short. Othrwise, they don't.

You say u have a hollow wall? You can fasten a ledger board horizontally with lag bolts to the studs and then fasten the pullup bar to it.

[Striation]

Originally posted by wannagetmuscle
Those work if you are short. Othrwise, they don't.

Most people aren't 6'5".

[Serpent Boy]

My friend didn't hurt himself but could have. One day last summer he was doing door-way chinuips and all of a sudden I heard a SNAP and his body hitting the floor. LOL. Thewooden frame he gripped broke off, theres only a couple nails holding it there. if you were planning on using the door itself, I doubt it'll hold long either.

I'm stuck doing lats too.

[5atanic]

I just do chins on mah shower doors. The edges are quite sharp so I would wrap some cloth around it to soften it a bit. Then I just fire away! (Depends on what kind of shower doors you have, it may or may not have the wide thingo.. hard to explain )

[littlebuffman]

when i can't make it to the gym i do pullups at home hanging from the edge of the balcony, from down in the backyard i kinda jump up and hold onto the wooden board and then jump back down after my set, its just as good as a chin bar.

[D&G]

Surely you can find a tree somewhere.

[kamal]

u could try doing pullovers with ure weights, that might work for lats, im assuming. ???

[Softmuscled]

well, i am pretty creative, thats why i dont need the gym, i found alot of things i can do at home. before i got the bench, i could still have a full chest workout (too long to explain how). From what i see, i can do chinups on the door pretty easily, just have to wear those weightlifitng gloves because it hurts on the fingers. I might get a chinup bar that goes ON the door, i think that might work. Thanks for all the help.

[banned]

when i do chins at home i use the metal doorframe.

[entweichen]

Originally posted by Softmuscled
I live in a new house which is made up of mostly hollow walls, thus we cant intall a chinup bar.

http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/02001.html

[rurkster]

By the sounds of it, couldn't you do barbell rows, or/and one-arm dumbel rows??

[holyshinto63]

Originally posted by rurkster
By the sounds of it, couldn't you do barbell rows, or/and one-arm dumbel rows??

no, you should include chin ups/pull ups in your back routine.

[AniMaLiZeD]

Originally posted by D&G
Surely you can find a tree somewhere.

Tree, lol.

That's hardcore.

[rurkster]

Originally posted by holyshinto63
no, you should include chin ups/pull ups in your back routine.

I didn't say he shouldn't -- chins are a crucial part of a good back.

[Jcfreak_02]

I assume you are talking about on the door frame. On the door is really uncomfortable. The doorframe worked fine except for the sounds that I was pulling the frame off the wall cause I weigh too much. If you are a light weight the doorframe could proboly handle it just fine.