ProSource Heavy-Duty Easy Gym Doorway Chin-Up/Pull-Up Bar

by ProSource

Product Features

• Portable all-in-one pull-up/chin-up bar with multiple grip positions--slips into doorways or mounts on wall
• Slip-in design adjusts to fit most doorframes from 24 to 32 inches wide without screws
• High-grade steel construction with ProSource Comfort Grip technology
• Exercises develop back, chest, shoulders, arms, and abdominal muscles
• Maximum weight limit of 300 pounds; optional wall mount brackets included
• Heavy-duty construction with ProSource technology for comfort grips
• High-grade steel chin-up/pull-up bar
• Multi-grip positions allow you to work muscles from different angles
• Portable, multi-functional bar, fits most doorways 24"-32" thick
• Works out back, chest, shoulders, arms, shoulders, and abdominal compound muscles

Product Description

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The Heavy Duty Easy Gym Doorway Chin-up Pull-up Bar from ProSource provides an inexpensive way to tone and build muscles at home, without large equipment or marring your doorframe with installation screws. Designed to slip into doorways from 24 to 32 inches wide, the Easy Gym can be installed anywhere you have a sturdy doorframe. But, if you have a permanent location in mind, the gym can also be mounted to the wall with the optional, included wall brackets. Thanks to the gym's multi-position design, you will be able to develop your back, chest, shoulders, arms, and abdominal compound muscles with one simple piece of equipment. In addition to traditional pull-ups and chin-ups, the bar allows you to perform closed-wide angle and hammer grips as well as multiple leg raises and oblique curls. Built to last, the Easy Gym is constructed of high-grade steel with ProSource Comfort Grip technology for a secure and pain-free grip. The bar's maximum weight capacity is 300 pounds within a sturdy doorframe.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 9.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B002YQUP7Q
• Item model number: fs-1003-cu
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (163 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #3 in Sports & Outdoors > Exercise & Fitness > Strength Training Equipment > Pull-Up Bars

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

114 of 118 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Does what it is supposed to do, but instructions are lacking, August 4, 2010

By 

Zoey Cole "Zoey Cole" (Charleston, SC, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ProSource Heavy-Duty Easy Gym Doorway Chin-Up/Pull-Up Bar (Sports)

I bought this to use with the P90X workout series, but I haven't started the workouts yet. I have been using the pull-up bar though and it does feel sturdy. I am a 175lbs male and I workout fairly regularly. Although the bar seems very stable, the grips are cheap and after the first day of usage, one of the grips tore. I am thinking of simply removing them and wrapping the ends of the bars with white athletic tape to provide a non-slip grip.

I do have a couple gripes about the "instructions" (I use that word very loosely), that came with the bar. First, the front of the box says "No need for screws, bolts or fasteners." The first thing I pull out of the box: Screws, anchors, and door brackets. There wasn't any instructions on when you would need to use these or when it would advise it to be safe to not use them. The instructions simply show you how to use the door brackets when mounting the bar. Secondly, there are 10 long screws in total, 8 which the instructions simply label as "D" and the remaining 2 which it labels as "E." The pictures in the instructions are horrendous so you can't tell the difference between D and E. After staring at the screws way too long, I finally figured out the 2 "E" screws' threading don't go all the way to the head of the screw. Phew! Next issue is that there is only a picture to tell you how to put the various segments of the bar together. I finally just looked at the picture on the box, which seems to have had its copy written by a 3rd grader who couldn't figure out which way they wanted to spell and capitalize the word chin-up, and determined the proper fitting. If the two U-shaped handles are facing you, piece #1 goes in front of the two pieces labelled #2, the #3s goes into the ends of the #2s, #5 goes on top of the joined #2/3 pieces, and the two #4 pieces go on top of the two #3 pieces.

If your door frame is made from a softer wood, I would still recommend putting something between the long bar that goes across the door opening and the frame to prevent it from making an impression (or a circular impression by the end of the U-shaped handle if that is resting on the door frame). I simply took a clean cut of the box, folded it in half, and put that between the frame and the unit. This seems to work well for me.

Overall, I think this is a great product that was just rushed into packaging to make a quick buck off the P90X craze, and if they put just a tad more effort into the instructions (how am I supposed to use this for push-ups and crunches?), then it would have given a much better first impression on its quality. I'm giving it three stars because once you get past the items you're going to throw away after the first day, it's a solid piece of equipment that I do actually like using, but they could have done a better job on the grips.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great deal, June 21, 2010

By 

thickwaistedman - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ProSource Heavy-Duty Easy Gym Doorway Chin-Up/Pull-Up Bar (Sports)

The bar itself is well made and does exactly what I expected. I weigh over 200 lbs and it feels solid when I use it in a doorway. It comes with J brackets to make it extra secure in the door frame. The only negative is that the directions are incomprehensible. I put it together by looking at the picture on the front of the box. The picture in the directions didn't have enough contrast to tell if the part was above or below the other parts. Other than the directions, though, everything else was perfect. I've used it for a few days and there's no marks on my woodwork, nor is it feeling any less solid than when I started using it.

18 months later, still solid as a rock. Me, not so solid, pullups are hard.

37 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pull-up bar, June 4, 2010

By 

Steven A. Schroeder (Monument, CO, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ProSource Heavy-Duty Easy Gym Doorway Chin-Up/Pull-Up Bar (Sports)

I bought the Pull-up bar for use with p90x and it has performed exactly as advertised. It is very sturdy and does not move even with my weight of 210 lbs.