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Originally Posted by Dantilla

In my old house, I just bought a ADA grab bar from Home Despot and mounted it on a beam in the garage.

Since moving, I just go out to one of the sheds and grab the bottom 2x4 of the rafters.
A 2x4 is not as comfortable on the hands, so I only do a few at a time.
I'm going to mount another round bar somewhere, so I'm inclined to do more.

Yeah, I've thought about setting something up in the garage. It's just a crap environment. It's detached, not conditioned (which is fine if it's not cold, hot, or humid which accounts for 90% of our weather) and essentially a sieve. If I set something up there, I'll probably never use it. I think there may be hooks on the porch that were once used for a swing. Maybe I could get something setup there. At least that would be close.

Originally Posted by cabmandone

BTW, if you haven't done pullups in decades like I haven't. just lay down, put a bar at the maximum arm reach then pull yourself up to it (called an inverted row) It'll work roughly the same muscle group. Also you can do pull downs if you have that cable rig in the lower right hand of that pic above. Both are easier on the shoulder joint and the rotator cuff.

If ya really wanna go wild, lookup "Recon Ron pull up program" Enjoy.

Yeah, it's probably been 10-15 years since I did a pull up. I think in the 15-20 year period, I could probably do 5.

Originally Posted by zakthor

I find there are natural places everywhere to do pullups on. Is there a park nearby with a play structure?

I'd pay money to avoid having to own a dedicated pullup structure.

I'm not aware of any park with jungle gym or anything like that nearby. I'm in a very rural area. The closest Home Depot is nearly an hour away. And if I have to drive someplace, it's not going to happen.