How To Perform Pull-Ups At Home Without a Pull-Up Bar
So you’re training at home and you don’t have anywhere to put a chin-up bar. Or you don’t have a training rack with a pull-up bar on it.
Not a problem!
I’ve got a couple of simple items that are going to totally change the way you look at hardware stores…
What are those items?
C-clamps…
Your basic woodworking C-clamps, available at any hardware store in the world.
All you have to do is clamp those onto something solid in your house (or outside) and you’ve got yourself a couple of chin-up handles! Use two clamps (the size I found best is 4 inch – it gives you a good size handle for gripping onto) attached to a rafter in your basement.
It’s simply a matter of clamping those on somewhere solid and high up then doing pull-ups on them!
If you’re worried about damaging the surface with the clamps, just slide a couple of smaller pieces of wood in between the clamping surfaces to spread out the load.
This setup is not only cheap and easy but very versatile. Because you can clamp onto anywhere you like, you can change your grip width easily. You can start with close grip chin-ups then move a clamp out a little further and do neutral-grip wide-grip pull-ups.
You can set the clamps on two different rafters and do regular wide-grip pull-ups. Heck, you can shift the clamps around to almost any position and do a HUGE variety of mixed-grip pull-ups. The options are many.
At this point, you’re probably thinking “sounds great, but are they solid?”
Definitely.
Once solidly clamped on, these clamps will not move…even if you actually TRY to pull them loose!
So if you train at home and have been looking for a pull-up solution for home training, head over to the hardware store a.s.a.p. and go get your C-clamps!
On a side note, you can also use those C-clamps to anchor training bands.You can use the clamps when you’re doing bench press adding band resistance (great for training explosiveness out of the bottom of the lift). Most racks don’t have posts for hitching bands so attach the clamps onto the bottom base rails and tie the bands onto those. It’s quick and easy and really works well!
