Adaptable to a variety of different ages, heights and human body conditions
This high quality pull bar-up feels solid, well constructed, and is easily installed. It has understandable installation instructions. It definitely provides noticeable strengthening and stretching for the body. Both my husband and I are slightly out-of-shape elders in our 60s and 80s, and while we have different body heights, we both use this bar for half hangs, or we hang directly from this bar with our feet touching or are on the floor. We do ab work with it too. We also gently hang and stretch and do ab work using a variety of highly rated elastic resistance band on Amazon. The options of grips are effective. The black grips are too wide for my narrow shoulders but they are perfect for my husband to use. The neutral grip or the grip that turns my palms towards each is the most comfortable for me so far, yet because my small hands are sort of beat up and feel sore from years of gardening. To help make using this bar enjoyable and safer, we installed our bar under a 15.5” high concrete ceiling header or to a concrete beam inside, a 112” or almost 9’ high room. And we adjusted the bar or use the option to have our bodies hang with the 21” hanging height. In other words, we are hanging around 75” from the floor. This height makes the bar suitable for both of us at 5’4” (64”) and 5’9” (69”) tall. By the way, our bar setup is located inside one of the busiest hallways in our home, on purpose, and we expect to likely die, and in good enough shape, long before this durable bar gives out. It is a great heirloom. We could already physically feel in the first day of use that using this bar with elastic bands and ab workouts that lean us over the floor is great for preventing us from falling over. If we die from falls, that will less likely happen now since using this bar, yet falls are still possible, since falls are a top and common cause of death. At least we are proactively trying to help keep our bodies safely stay upright for as long as possible, to not only prevent a preventable death, but to prevent us from having some sort of debilitating injury we don’t financially afford and are dealing with in the currently careless lack of universal medical care priorities in the US. Read more
