Iron Gym Pull Up Bar – Why Pull Ups?
Pull Ups or Chin Ups?
The Iron Gym Pull Up bar has been specially designed to allow you to do pull ups or chin ups in the comfort of your own home without the need for specialised or bulky gym equipment. Just to clarify this point, the difference between a pull up and a chin up is purely the positioning of the hands on the bar, the pull up uses an overhand grip whilst the chin up uses an underhand grip. Both of these types of exercises are very effective for building upper body, back and general core strength. You should try and include these routines in your daily exercise regime and is definitely a “must do” for any level of fitness.
The Iron Gym Pull Up Bar should be fixed at a height that will require you to jump up in order to grasp the bar with your feet free of the ground, if you are able to, bend your knees and cross your ankles as this will give you a better balanced position in order to complete your exercises. Now pull yourself up so that your chin is level with the bar and hold this position for a few seconds and then gently lower yourself as far as you can without letting your feet touch the ground. Now repeat this exercise as many times as you can, you will find that after a short period of time that you are able to do more and more repetitions.
Just Starting Out?
If you’re just starting out and find that you can’t do one pull up then you can adapt the exercise by keeping the Iron Gym Pull Up Bar high and trying to pull yourself as high as you can and then lowering yourself to the ground and you will find, after a period of time, as your strength increases that you will be able to do more and more repetitions in a more balanced position without your feet touching the ground.
You can also place something below you on the floor in order to be able to grasp the bar, especially if you are using the Iron Gym Pull Up Bar as it´s height is fixed according to the height of the doorway in which you are using it
Don’t try and do quick snatches either, the key to this exercise is to be steady and controlled by pulling yourself up slowly and then lowering yourself in a similar manner, also try and increase the time that you hold yourself at maximum height. Don´t overdo the exercise either as you may injure yourself – take your time and build up your strength slowly – less is more!!
Remember, before starting any exercise to do some basic warm up exercises so that your muscles and breathing are ready for more stronger exertion, similarly, after you have finished don’t just flop down but do some gentle aerobic type exercise to allow your body to return to normal.
It´s as simple as that, the beauty of the Iron Gym Pull Up bar is that it stores away so you don´t have any unsightly equipment lying around but only takes a few seconds to hook onto the doorway in preparation for your exercise routine.
