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GoFit Chin-Up Bar | 
 enlarge | Brand: GoFit
Category: Sports
List Price: $24.99
Buy New: $16.99
You Save: $8.00 (32%)
New (6) from $16.99
Rating:  130 reviews
Sales Rank: 116
Color: Chrome/black
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 24 x 6 x 6
MPN: GF-CUB
Model: GF-CUB
UPC: 687339202208
EAN: 0687339202208
ASIN: B0007W2FLI
Release Date: February 10, 2005
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Perfect for chin-ups as well as a foot anchor for sit-ups and crunches | | • | Chrome plated bar with padded grips | | • | Adjusts to fit most standard width doorframes from 28" to 36" | | • | Includes mounting hardware; tools required | | • | 250-pound weight capacity |
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Product Description
The GoFit Chin Up Bar is a great addition to your at home training program. Not only is the bar perfect for chin-ups, it can also be used as a foot anchor for sit-ups and crunches. The GoFit Chin-Up bar will adjust to fit most standard width doorframes. Before using always make sure that the brackets are properly mounted and the bar is securely adjusted to fit mounting brackets. DO NOT use bar without properly mounted brackets. The GoFit Chin Up Bar comes with one heavy duty adjustable chin up bar and mounting hardware. Mounting hardware will include 2 silver weight bearing brackets for mounting high in you door and 2 black or red plastic non-weight bearing stoppers for mounting the bar low in the doorway for doing sit-ups. Suggested weight bearing limit is 250 lbs. when properly mounted. DO NOT mount in doorway wider than 36". Black foam rubber grips on the bar are not adjustable. DISCLAIMER: GoFit Chin UP Bar has been designed to fit residential doorways 28" to 36" and support up to 250 lbs. This product has been manufactured and tested to decrease risks of injury. However, risks of injury exist in the use of this product. Therefore, the user assumes all risks of injury in the use of this product. Consult your physician before starting any exercise program. If you experience any discomfort while using this product, discontinue use and consult your physician immediately.
Amazon.com Product Description
A great addition to your at home training program, the GoFit Chin-Up Bar is not only perfect for chin-up exercises but it can also be used as a foot anchor for sit-ups and crunches. It adjusts to fit most standard width doorframes, and the bar will support up to 250 pounds of weight when mounted properly. Comfortable foam grips are secured to the bar to minimize hand fatigue. Mounting hardware will include 2 silver weight bearing brackets for mounting high in your door, and two plastic non-weight bearing stoppers for mounting the bar low in the doorway for doing situps. Tools not included.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 125 more reviews...
 Great chinning bar January 6, 2006
120 out of 121 found this review helpful
After reading the bad reviews for the everlast chinning bar, I settled on this one. I didn't see how this would work with the pics amazon had, but it's very sturdy and works great. I've posted some pics of the bar mounted. See "customer images".
######## EMERGENCY MESSAGE TO ALL USERS/POTENTIAL BUYERS - READ! ######## January 30, 2006
170 out of 190 found this review helpful
Like all of the other people here, I bought this bar and it has performed magnificently. $15 is ridiculously cheap for the high build quality of this item, but **BEWARE**.
******* DO NOT USE THIS ITEM WITHOUT THE BRACKETS ******, no matter how strong you think it is.
I am approximately 165lbs teenager and was using the bar sporadically throughout the day just for fun. Again, I hung this WITHOUT the brackets, which I learned to regret.
One time when I was pulling myself up, the bar fell broke off and fell, leading me to land party on my back and neck.
I immediately got back up like nothing happened, but the next day my back and neck are experiencing shrieking pain.
The use of brackets is not only recommended, but required. It takes only a few minutes!!
Great but caused wall accident July 12, 2006
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
If you're buying this item I strongly suggest you put it IN THE DOORFRAME... i placed on the walls right in front of my door --my brilliant idea to be able to do it with the door closed, and also higher to allow taller people to pass without bending their heads. However, after about three days the pressure became too much and produced a good sized hole in my wall...
Thats when I realized that the doorframe would be stronger...
I repeat...DONT BE STUPID LIKE ME! USE IT IN THE DOORFRAME!
otherwise, i like it.
Extremely strong chin-up bar. January 20, 2006
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
After buying this chin up bar and reading its great reviews I decided to test its strength. I weigh about 165lbs. and the bar held me sturdily without the hardware. It also worked just as well without the hardware for my friend who is about 250lbs. Even when we both hung from it the bar held strong. I wouldn't recomend tandom pull-ups, however, because it put too much stress on the door frame. This is a much nicer product than the everlast bar. Buy with confidence.
GoFit chinup bar- How to use if out of shape/starting...! July 29, 2007
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I haven't done a chin-up since way back (60 pounds ago- My record was then 27).
This was "now" MUCH to difficult, for me...!?
Then I talked to a fitness instructor, about my problem...?-
He suggested that I turn regular chin-ups into a "much easier/better" isometric exercise!-
Grab the bar (palms facing, for starters), and hop up (get a stool...), until chin is about even with the bar (you can support a little weight with legs on stool, if too difficult...).
Then just hold that postion for a few seconds... (increase time..., as is comfortable...), then let yourself slowly down.
Do this every "other" day (don't do/Arthritis...!- if joints or muscles, are sore...!).
I'm now up to four sets of 30 seconds bi-daily, and rotate palms facing or palms away (pull-up)-
My arms & back... have toned up, and I do so "!MUCH!" better at tennis/golf!
I can now do a regular chin-up, but the "extra" strain REALLY makes my joints (shoulder, elbow) ache!
I'll just stick with the isometrics...!
Notes:
1. I hung it in the bathroom doorway, to help remind me...!
2. Yes- the bar rotates a little, if not gripped firmly (this is REALLY good, for toning your wrists...!)!
3. I Love the cushioned foam grips, that don't cut off circulation to hands- like my old cushionless bar did!
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