Wall mounted pull up bar and flooring for home gym

[speedmachine]

Hi, I'm in the process of slowly converting my garage into a home gym. It will have a multi press rack or power cage/rack, bench, olympic bar and weights, dips bars, pull up bar and eventually some dumbells. Oh and a punch bag just for show lol. Sad, I know but I may use it for some cardio! Currently I have a Powerbar for when I want to do some pull ups at home. It's pretty decent. But I want to mount a decent bar in the garage. I've considered getting a power cage that has one built in but the problem is that my garage roof is quite low so I would't be able to do a full pull up without putting my head through the ceiling! So the idea is to mount one to the wall a bit lower. It means I'll have to bend my knees but at least my head will have some clearance!

Does anyone know of a decent one that is solid enough to support weighted pull ups? I'd prefer a straight one as I feel it hits the back more than the type that curves down at the end.

FOr those of you who like to dead lift in your garage? What thickiness of floor matts have you got? There are some really cheap ones on ebay but they seem very thin. THe floor in my garage is currently concrete. I dont think I'll cover it all with matts just a section of it where the multipress rack will be.

Thanks

[Hoofy]

The makers of Powerbar also do a wall-mounted version!

http://www.power-bar.co.uk/wallbar/index.php

[speedmachine]

Hoofy said:

The makers of Powerbar also do a wall-mounted version!

http://www.power-bar.co.uk/wallbar/index.php

Thanks, I've seen that one but there are two things that put me off it.

1)It looks as though the the top bolts would not hold the weight and would get pulled out. I might be wrong though.

2)The one thing I don't like about my current folding power bar is that the handles are smooth. I'd prefer something with a knurling (sp?) for a bit of additional grip.

Would be good to hear if anyone has this or anyothers mounted to a wall.

[Hoofy]

If you have a cage thing, can't you put rests near the top that allow you to do pull ups on an empty barbell?

[speedmachine]

Hoofy said:

If you have a cage thing, can't you put rests near the top that allow you to do pull ups on an empty barbell?

I don't have a cage at the moment but that had occured to me. Hopefully I'm getting a multi press rack so it's not a cage. But I will try placing the bar on the highest level and see if it's high enough so my knees don't hit the ground and low enough so that my head doesn't hit the ceiling! lol

Next i have to workout how I'll do standing military press. Probably have to go into the garden to do that bit lol.

[Hoofy]

speedmachine said:

I don't have a cage at the moment but that had occured to me. Hopefully I'm getting a multi press rack so it's not a cage. But I will try placing the bar on the highest level and see if it's high enough so my knees don't hit the ground and low enough so that my head doesn't hit the ceiling! lol

Next i have to workout how I'll do standing military press. Probably have to go into the garden to do that bit lol.

I've done pull ups on a Smith machine with the bar at the highest "setting". Tis a bit annoying as you do have to bend your knees; makes leg raises tricky, too.