Pull Up Station

Welcome to PullUpStation.org, a site all about the pull up station and its many strength and fitness benefits. The pull up station, also called a power tower, pull up tower, or chin up machine, is a serious machine with an immeasurable amount of possibilities and beneficial uses. Just hanging from a pull up bar is a great exercise that anyone can and should do on a regular basis for health sake. When performing pull ups, you gain significant contribution to your overall workout goals.

The pull up station machine assists in achieving great pull ups, sit ups, push ups, knee raises, and dips for effective triceps workouts. They are usually made with strong steel to keep in place and remain sturdy, so you can always be confident of your workout as you sculpt your abs, back, arms, and mid to upper body muscles while getting rid of fat. Typically they will have the pull up bars on one side and a dip station on the other, with a leg raise station and grips for feet. They are designed for effective and safe workouts. Users report that they prefer owning a pull up station over the more economical doorway pull up bar due to its stability, sturdiness and versatility.

Pull up stations can be ordered online and delivered to your convenient location. Setup and assembly is typically very easy and quick, about an hour or less for most towers. Most are designed to be very sturdy and you shouldn’t even have a problem doing most kinds of jumping pull ups. If you are overweight or overly forceful, you may want to examine the base more closely and shop to buy a more suitable pull up station that can easily support heavier weights, or you can also consider using extra weights to weigh the machine down more.

The pull up is a great exercise for your upper body, as many muscle groups are constantly being worked for a complete great mid and upper body workout. There are many variations and since it builds so many different muscle groups at one time, it is a very comprehensive, yet simple exercise routine anyone can perform and get better at.

Top benefits of a pull up include fat burning, upper body strength development, lower back pain relief, and much more. Major muscle groups targeted in the upper back include trapezius, latissimus, and the rhomboids. In addition your arms (forearms, biceps, and triceps) and shoulders gain great benefit as well. If there is difficulty properly doing pull ups, just trying hard and doing half pull ups is still considered your work out. They come easier with persistence and practice. If you cant do a full pull up, start with just hanging freely, longer and longer, with more and more attempts. Challenge yourself to perform your best pull ups everytime with a pull up station. Your body will thank you many times over.

Once you can achieve a single pull up, creative routines can be used. You have options at this point and can vary up your routine with full chin up pull ups, to half pumps, with breaks in between. Speed is also something to be cautious of.

A standard deadhang pull up is one that starts from an idle position with no momentum near the legs, lifted with a controlled pull upwards, followed by a slow controlled settling of the body with a comfortable grip on the handle bar(s). Your legs should not kick and your body should not jerk when rising or lowering. Your body should be hanging when lowering with your arms straight and no bend in the elbows at the lowest point.

A kipping pull up is when you swing your shoulders and hips forward, kicking your feet back, and the with the swing momentum, you want to then kick forward and pull yourself up. You can do this in a rhtyhmic and rapid motion. It is very fun to do. Your pull up station should allow for enough safe room to kip.

A chin up is when your palms face you as you grip the bar and you pull your chin up. The pull up is when your palms face away from you as you grab the bar (with an overhand grip) and pull up your chin above the bar.

There are many other variations of pull ups, such as commando (or side to side), weighted, military, one arm, and behind the back. You can get creative with technique, style, and amount of reps and breaks in your routine. Make the pull up station your own personal power tower.