Creative Fitness Door Gym
- Pull-up/chin-up bar for tool-free doorway installation
- Fits easily in 24- to 32-inch doorways (extensions available)
- Ideal for pull-ups, push-ups, chin-ups, crunches, and more
- Requires trim up to 3.5 inches wide around door
- Breaks down and stores in case for easy travel
The Door Gym stands head and shoulders above the competition. This versatile device can be set up in seconds on almost any door frame and lets you work out in the convenience of your own home or office. It latches on without screws, bolts or fasteners, so you won’t leave holes in your door trim. A cantilever design uses your own body weight (up to 300 lbs.) to keep it in place. Door Gym is more than a simple pull-up, chin-up bar. It also has two protruding close-grip handles that let you work out with your palms facing each other, a good position for isolating the muscles in the center of your back that control posture. In addition, you can use Door Gym on the ground as a push-up bar and a sit-up spotter.
List Price: $ 54.95
Price: $ 28.95
Stamina Pilates Magic Circle with Workout DVD
- 14.75-Inch diameter pilates magic circle with 23-Minute instructional DVD
- Designed to improve muscle tone of inner and outer thighs, arms, and chest
- Steel core ring with foam molded padded grips
- Created by Joseph Pilates to be a versatile exercise accessory you can use anywhere
- 90 Day warranty
The Pilates Magic Circle was created by Joseph Pilates to be a versatile exercise accessory you can use anywhere. The soft rubber ring provides resistance for faster, more targeted toning, improving muscle strength throughout the body especially in problem areas like the inner and outer thighs, upper arms, chest, even the pelvic muscles. The comprehensive, easy-to-follow instructional DVD demonstrates how the Pilates Magic Circle can help you sculpt and reshape your body the Pilates way. This professional quality Magic Circle can be used alone as demonstrated in the accompanying video or added to your pilates reformer workout. This Magic Circle features form molded grips to fit comfortably against your body with a nonporous, molded padding that resists moisture.The Pilates Magic Circle was created by Joseph Pilates to be a versatile exercise accessory that you could use anywhere. The soft rubber ring provides resistance for faster, more targeted toning to improve muscle strength throug
List Price: $ 35.00
Price: $ 23.83
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Pilates Magic Circle,
I would have given this product 5 stars, but the video was not up to standards for someone who is really into Pilates. Each exercise is demonstrated very fast, and there is not much exercise at all. On the
other hand, the magic circle is great! It is well made, and can take a punishment. This was the reason I purchased this item, because I needed a good circle to work with. Comparing other circles to this that cost a lot more this was by far the best product. I would highly recommend the circle, but would not recommend the tape. When I purchased this item, I also purchased the Classical Pilates Technique, The Complete Magic Circle Mat Series. This DVD has BASIC, INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED, plus THE SUPER ADVANCED REFORMER MAT WORKOUT. The exercises are performed well with great timing. This is a video that everyone from the basic learner to the most advanced learner would absolutely love.
|served it’s purpose,
I bought the “magic circle” in efforts to up the anty in my pilates routine. I am glad I purchased it but I found the DVD to be about a 2 star out of 5 start rating. Since I live far away from a Pilates studio I purchased other DVDs in efforts to learn about the magic circle. the DVD from Classical Pilates Inc. called “The Complete Magic Cirlce Mat Series & Reformer Mat Workout” (also on Amazon.com)taught me more about the circle’s use than the DVD that came with it. It is a basic straight forward mat routine DVD but it was practical and I am well on my way to a more complete Pilates workout.
I also use the magic circle to burn off extra energy while sitting and I find my boyfriend picks it up and uses it to get a few exercises in every day. It can be used in many ways but it most certainly enhances a pilates work out.
|Simple/versatile/effective chin up solution,
I’ve had the Door Gym for about a month now and have been very pleased with it. It really does just hang on the opposite top of the door. However, the cantilever design does not rest your body weight on the door trim, but against the door frame both sides of the door frame. You can easily put it up or down in seconds.
Door Gym comes with a small metal tab that can easily be inserted between the wall and trim molding on the side opposite where you do your chin ups. This tab is not noticeable and makes a safety stop for the top part of the door gym that is pressing against the top of the door. The instructions recommend this if children will use the Door Gym, but I put it up even for my use since I always use the same doorway. You do not have to have it, but it adds a little safety measure to insure it won’t slip off the trim. I have used the Door Gym many times now and have not seen any wear on my door and I feel very comfortable with its safety.
You do need to pay attention to the door dimensions they recommend for use. There are definitely some doors in my house it won’t work with (too wide, not enough top clearance if there is a very low ceiling above door, etc.)
I really like the push-up feature for deep push-ups on the floor, they’re more effective than regular push-ups.
I have not used it as a sit-up spotter since I don’t have a door convenient for that, but it basically can sit on the floor and the long bar normally used for chin-ups locks against the door frame on the side opposite where you are doing situps.
Great idea and product. If you’re in a hurry you can get a decent upper body work out in minutes with just this one handy device .
|Works surprisingly well!,
I was very skeptical of this “cantilevered” doorway chinning bar. I thought it would slide, not really stay up, be unsafe or unstable to use. Well, the thing actually works as advertised! It’s basically a chinning bar sitting on 2 J shaped braces. The tops of the braces connect with a flat crosspiece. The crosspiece sits on the opposite side of the doorframe, resting on the top of the doorjamb. On the your side of the doorway, the ends of the chinning bar press against the doorframe. Your weight pushes the chinning bar against the doorframe on one side, presses the crosspiece against the doorjamb on the other. I was nervous pulling my 190lbs up on this thing, hearing all kinds of creaking from the doorway…but, in fact it was stable and held my weight like a champ. I live in an old apt., and techinically I think my doorframe is a bit two narrow for the specifications–there are foam pads at the ends of the bar that are suppose press against the doorframe molding. In my case, the doorframe hits the metal bar itself, and the padded ends extend beyond that. Probably not technically as safe as it should be (metal against wood, instead of non-slip foam against wood), but it still works great.
I was also scared that since your weight holds it in place, it would fall off while you’re not applying a lot of force. So you would have to do some kinda balancing act to hold it in place until you start chinning, and it would fall off as soon you’re done. Not so. It rests fairly securely on the jamb, but a quick upward motion removes it right off. If you’re paranoid, it comes with a little hook that you wedge in between the molding and the wall that will hold the unit in place while you’re not chinning.
Two complaints: There are foam grips (including two perpendicular grips), but I wish the whole bar was foamed for a wider range of grips. If you’re serious you’ll probably want to buy the broad-grip accessory that’s sold separately (I have not yet, so far this is plenty). Secondly, there’s no assembly instructions, just an exploded view of what screws go where. There’s only 4, so that’s trivial, but they include some locking washers (2 metal, 2 plastic) that are essential to use, and the diagram does not indicate to use these. Otherwise, a very nice product.
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