I used to use with great success a Teeters inversion table but now live in an apartment with no room for an inversion table, open or closed.
I can't use gravity boots hanging from a chinning bar because the apartment doorframes are metal and I've been advised by Teeter not to install their bars because of the thickness and nature of the metal (as opposed to wood) frame, which doesn't allow enough grip for screws.
Teeter also advised me to not use togglebolts in the metal, and that screwing or togglebolting a wood block or wood strips on the surface of the inside door frame - that it wouldn't help grip/hold up a bar either, whether that bar was screwed or togglebolted.
Many years ago at Pumping Iron Gym West (NYC) there was something called a "Skyhook". I mocked a picture up but am having trouble attaching it to this post.
The skyhook would be hooked onto a chinup bar. I believe it came in 2 versions:
- one with integrated padded ankleholds
- one without that you'd use in conjunction with standard gravity boots
The idea behind both versions was there was a fixed grip on the Skyhook with handholds where you could raise and lower yourself without having to have to reach all the way up to the chinning bar to release yourself.
My building - which has a basement gym with a Smith machine - won't get an inversion table or skyhook given liabilityand space issues. I use inversion (not to mention yoga, swimming and bodybuilding) for back rehab purposes and really can't just use standard boots on a chin-up bar or Smith machine bar given the reach without a Skyhook-type apparatus.
Do you carry or do you know where I can get a Skyhook or similar device? Thanks.
I can't use gravity boots hanging from a chinning bar because the apartment doorframes are metal and I've been advised by Teeter not to install their bars because of the thickness and nature of the metal (as opposed to wood) frame, which doesn't allow enough grip for screws.
Teeter also advised me to not use togglebolts in the metal, and that screwing or togglebolting a wood block or wood strips on the surface of the inside door frame - that it wouldn't help grip/hold up a bar either, whether that bar was screwed or togglebolted.
Many years ago at Pumping Iron Gym West (NYC) there was something called a "Skyhook". I mocked a picture up but am having trouble attaching it to this post.
The skyhook would be hooked onto a chinup bar. I believe it came in 2 versions:
- one with integrated padded ankleholds
- one without that you'd use in conjunction with standard gravity boots
The idea behind both versions was there was a fixed grip on the Skyhook with handholds where you could raise and lower yourself without having to have to reach all the way up to the chinning bar to release yourself.
My building - which has a basement gym with a Smith machine - won't get an inversion table or skyhook given liabilityand space issues. I use inversion (not to mention yoga, swimming and bodybuilding) for back rehab purposes and really can't just use standard boots on a chin-up bar or Smith machine bar given the reach without a Skyhook-type apparatus.
Do you carry or do you know where I can get a Skyhook or similar device? Thanks.
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