My Portable Pull-up Bar – My 5-Minute Push-Pull Workout

This is a very good piece of equipment, and of decent quality. We beat the heck out of it, too. We primarily use this as a part of a hing-impact fitness boot camp circuit. As such, it gets constant use, and from women who are just at 100 lbs to men who are mid to high 200's. It stores nicely and is easy to set up. We use it on top of fitness mats and it is pretty steady. Though I haven't tried it, I would be curious to see how it performs as far as not sliding around on a hard floor. Overall, a very good investment. While it hasn't occurred with us, I can see how the latches might wear over time as was stated in some of the other reviews, but we have not experienced this to this point. We also like the fact that the hand grips can be adjusted to allow for different builds.The max weight is stated as 300 lbs, but we've had a person a tad north of 300 using it and it didn't budge. The only hiccup we had was that one of the plastic feet popped out one day when it was being put away, but we popped it back in and kept moving.Pros:Solidly made and sturdyEasy to put away and set upCons:Would be nice to have rubber feet for use on hard floors

This is an excellent inverted pull-up bar. It's high enough that you can get a full arm extension. It's sturdy, easy to fold, and well-designed. I use mine on a rug-covered floor and have never had any problems with stability or slipping. If you get to the point where doing three sets of 50 inverted pull-ups on this bar is too easy (and you will already be quite strong at this point), you can try elevating your legs by resting on a chair to increase the weight load.It's maybe a little pricey for what it is, but it is so solid and well-designed I expect it to last me for my lifetime. So from that perspective it is probably quite cheap for the use you can get out of it.I don't use the pushup bars and didn't even bother to attach them (I just do regular pushups), so I have no comments about that part of the equipment.

This machine is okay... I use this occasionally.The pros:assembly was pretty easy and hardly took any time at allit is sturdy enough to do pull ups on (as pictured) and does not wobbleit can fold up to be flat for easy storagethe cons:the screw in clamp that holds the stand in the triangle wiggles a bit when doing push ups (mind you i do push ups on the top bar instead of on the ground bars where you're supposed to)box came damaged and part of the metal frame was bent and had to be "reworked"the good or bad (depending on how you feel)the metal is pretty light weight so depending on how you put your weight on this it can feel wobbly (pull ups seems sturdy, push ups on the top bar seems wobbly) but it can be a good thing if you plan to be taking it out to use it and then fold it up to stow it.

I wanted to get this so that I could get a good back workout. I don't belong to a gym and I don't have anywhere to do pullups and I didn't want to get an over the door pull up bar because I live in an old house that doesn't have standard door frames. So, I ordered the Work Horse Pull Up bar. I can do the pullups on this, but they aren't very easy for me (which is exactly what I wanted). I don't have a whole lot of upper body strength and this is perfect for me. The bar is very sturdy and was easy to put together too. It also provides a great forearm workout as well.

If you want to do inverted pull-ups and your desk isn't cutting it, there's not many other solutions on the market. Which is good for this brand, because if there were other options, you'd almost definitely be buying one of those. Right off the bat, these guys need to work on basic presentation - mine arrived filthy, covered in orange streaking that wouldn't fully clean off, and paint flaking off one of the corners. There's also an ugly "MyWorkhorse" sticker with the label on it across the bar - partially peeled off and covered in dirt - that thankfully was easily removable. Oh, and no instruction manual. It's easy enough to figure out, but if you're expecting a little help getting started out of the box, you're out of luck. The embarrassingly outdated myworkhorse.com website does link to some exercises for newbies if you can dig through the mountain of cheesy promotional material that make this seem like a failed As Seen on TV fad.For inverted pull-ups, this thing does the job. It's easy to set up and use and yes, a heck of a lot easier on your hands then a desk. It took about ten minutes to set up - five of which were fumbling around a bit due to the lack of manual (all you need to know is that the longer screws go in the bottom) - and then you're good to go. As far as the advertised portability is concerned, to fold it back up you need to unscrew a couple of bolts on either side, and it's not exactly fast and easy to do. Even flipping it back into place was annoying, with the plastic head of the screw popping off and having to hammer it back in while trying to get it to properly lock. If you plan on keeping this thing hidden away in a closet and only taking it out to work out, chances are it's going to stay in the closet after dealing with it a few times.As others have mentioned, the padding is awful - you'll most likely want to replace it with something better, as this bar is nowhere near as comfortable to use as a door-mounted bar. It was also unevenly distributed on the push-up elevator bars that attach to the bottom. And speaking of those bars...On my set, both of these bars were bent slightly differently after being attached, and nothing I could do could make them perfectly straight. They're still functional (albeit painful on your hands with the weak padding), and nobody buys a piece of exercise equipment as a fashion statement, but they make a pretty ugly piece of equipment even uglier and cheap-looking. They also easily get knocked askew thanks to some slight rotational "wobble" by design on the main legs that attach to the pull-up bar (don't worry - it's perfectly safe and stable when doing pull-ups when set in place). The padding is uneven too. Basically everything about them screams "we need to add forced value to this metal bar."And that brings us to value. I bought this because I needed an inverted pull-up bar, and it delivers what it promises. The bar itself feels sturdy and should last a while. It's absolutely not worth a hundred bones as far as the overall quality is concerned, but you're not going to find many other options (dip stations may suffice for some exercises, but they're not the same, and although wall-mounted pull-up bars are superior, you'll have to get creative or have a floorspace that will allow you to mount them lower to the floor). Keep expectations in check in comparison to other workout equipment you've purchased (which tends to arrive clean, documented, and with materials that are properly shaped) - if all you want is an inverted pull-up bar that's relatively easy to set up, this is it.

It’s not a sophisticated piece of workout equipment, but does exactly what it’s made for. That said, I feel like it’s a bit pricey, but it was the simplest and easiest equipment that I saw listed to incorporate inverted rows into my body weight training.Easy to set up and fold. It’s pretty big so wouldn’t fit in a small coat closet.Sturdy and comfortable to use.