Quote from: csl on January 18, 2021, 05:20:14 pmI can't/don't do anything (front levers etc) which could result in me falling onto my back or head in the event of failure.Good to know! That was what I was thinking about.
I can't/don't do anything (front levers etc) which could result in me falling onto my back or head in the event of failure.
Quote from: Nibile on January 19, 2021, 08:25:40 amQuote from: csl on January 18, 2021, 05:20:14 pmI can't/don't do anything (front levers etc) which could result in me falling onto my back or head in the event of failure.Good to know! That was what I was thinking about.Yeah, I've heard of serious injuries caused by failures of pullup bars like this , so I've always been careful what I get up to. Hopefully one day soon I'll have a proper training room with a permanent setup.
Quote from: csl on January 19, 2021, 10:24:55 amQuote from: Nibile on January 19, 2021, 08:25:40 amQuote from: csl on January 18, 2021, 05:20:14 pmI can't/don't do anything (front levers etc) which could result in me falling onto my back or head in the event of failure.Good to know! That was what I was thinking about.Yeah, I've heard of serious injuries caused by failures of pullup bars like this , so I've always been careful what I get up to. Hopefully one day soon I'll have a proper training room with a permanent setup.The screw out/extendable pull up bars are clearly quite risky, but has anyone heard horror stories about the cantilever ones? I have a very similar set up to csl and have never had any problems with doing hangs or pull ups on it. Not sure about front levers but I'm too tall/weak to consider it right now anyhow.
Yeah, be very careful with those, someone who used to post on here's partner broke her back when it gave way.
Quote from: SA Chris on January 19, 2021, 11:18:28 amYeah, be very careful with those, someone who used to post on here's partner broke her back when it gave way.This is exactly the incident I was talking about, I remember hearing about it when I was at uni and it's really stuck with me since.
They should come with screw-in cups for the ends to sit in within the door frame, but they commonly used to be put up without by just screwing them out hard. I did this in our old house and warped the door frame a bit. Cups + extended seems solid on mine now.
I have a cantilever bar...I don't use it for explosive work (I do these at the park when I go for a run instead) and I don't use it for weighted pull-ups because I'm not convinced my doorframe could handle the extra weight so I'm doing more one arm work at the moment.