"Im not a marine biologist, but that doesn't sound safe to me"

The marine biologist joke really caught me off guard 😂 You're hilarious and very informative. Will definitely invest in the pull up bar.

HOW TF COULD YOU LIVE WITHOUT A SINGLE SCREWDRIVER IN YOUR HOUSE? WE HAVE 20 OF THEM

Because this happened to me I feel obliged to share it. The door frame pull up bar WILL eventually break your door (unless its metal). Over time it will slowly but surely pry that top frame, where the plastic bar sits, off the door. Mine upheld for hundreds of pull ups but eventually, snap, and your on your way to fix your door frame. For the ones who might not believe me; if you have a door frame pull up bar like he showed feel the wood piece of the frame on the door you use it on and you'll feel with your fingers the space its making over time.

For the second pull up bar, you need it to be tight and remember to make sure you don't use it facing the loosening way, or else it's gonna fall.

And the small paralletes,specifically 100% wood ones can be taken in a bag with you anywhere

I actually have that 2nd type of pull bar. I used it for almost 3 years since I started my calisthenics journey. I can say it was safe, I didn't get to any accident with it and gave me a pretty solid back.

Loving the increased humor and personality after each video. Keep it up bro!

4:00 you gotta put a piece of scrapwood on either side, so that you can screw the pullupbar very tight, letting it dig into the wood without harming your doorfame. You can also nail a bit of rubber on the sides of the wood that are facing the doorframe, for more protection and friction.

I started off with that doorway pull-up bar but upgraded to the KHANH TRINH stand-alone pullup bar from Amazon and slapped a set of rings on there and hoh-lee-sheeit was that a game changer! Never had a chest before, then I discovered RTO pushups and proper form and now my chest is blowing up like crazy. Also purchased a dip belt and started doing 5-lbs, then 10-lbs then 15-lbs and progressive overload in the 6-10 rep range for a majority of my movements is sculpting me into a greek god. I like watching your videos, man. Running in a vest looks nuts!

Your awesome dude. Been watching your videos for a couple of months now and you actually inspired me to begin training and doing calesthenics, im trying to get the handstand down now and it's pretty difficult but your video on it helped. Keep doing you man, much love :)

I was amazed to find out how warm wrist bands can keep your body - I used them for martial arts training in colder weather. They helped me conserve heat as I warmed up without using clothing that would warm excessively and get wet with sweat. If my body got too warm as I worked out I could of course easily take them off. They work this way in civilian wear too. Warmth without bulk or excessive clothing!

Bought rings a month ago and it’s probably the best thing one can do… a light elastic band is also great because of rehab / warming up, especially for the elbows and shoulders

I loved this video and thank you giving a very detailed guide on what to buy and not to, but I also kept giggling throughout the video cause you’re so smartly funny! Please make more of these with literally whatever you have ❤

Thank you for that honest video it was really helpful pls continue 🙏🙏🙏😊

3:16, one thing i found about that pull up bar, it can kinda be like parallettes too, to help you train plances and stuff, like a really small low parallettes. You just put it on the floor and tilit it up side down as compared to how you put it on your doorframe. The downside is that the handles are curved. THere's even like foam support/grip thingyies on the spot where it could function as a "parrallete."

Literally perfect timing with this video I’ve finally got some extra change so I’ve been wanting to invest in some home gym equipment.

Dope video man. Thanks I definitely needed this ‼️

Thanks, Colin! I always find your videos inspiring. Maybe you could do one about cardio or recovery aids for home gyms, stuff like jump ropes or foam rollers etc. ✌️

I have a pullup bar similar to the extending one, but it has mounts you screw into the door frame so that it is actually secured rather than relying on tension alone. With that in mind, there are two different kinds that mount like that that might bear considering based on your situation. My current one is in the doorway to my garage. The door frame was constructed in such a way that the one that screws and extends for outward pressure was actually pushing the door frame apart enough that I didn't trust it. I have another one that slides to extend, but the mounting brackets are hex shaped and the ends slide down into them. This one was better because any tension on the bar pulls inward rather than pushes outward. The other benefit with his one is the bar does not rotate and affect your grip like the other one could. So something worth considering if you have a doorway where you can screw in the mounts without worrying about the holes left behind like in an apartment.

You are a true inspiration for me Colin, made me create my own videos like urs❤‍🔥

Thanks for your time bro!

Thank you. I believe you are the only person who has tried these tools and explained to us the positive and negative points.

Thanks for this video! You are so inspiring!

I have one of those screw in pull up bars and it has lasted me over 2 years no problem. I've done pull ups, push ups, nordics, skin the cats, weighted pull ups, clapping pull ups and they have not budged one bit. The key with them is to screw it as tight as humanly possible. They're really helpful for people who don't have door frame ledges. If any of ya'll are on the fence with buying one i highly recommend you do as in my experience they are 100X more useful than the ones that just hang on ur door frame.

This was informative and entertaining. Thanks I really needed this, starting out my journey.

A weight vest was a game changer for me. Really makes me feel like I'm gettin more out of my sets. Also have rings and kinda feel thats all you really need.

great info man, thank you👍🏻

dude, this channel is amazing! thanks for the good Information.

I've always found with the larger paralettes the main benefit other than dips is being able to do the bodyweight row, which I've not found a good way to do on other kit other than rings but mounting rings in the house is a right pain

Great tips appreciated, definitely getting a couple of those

dang useful stuff. gracias! If you could put links to the other items (like the rings) in the description that would be dope.

Been following your stuff for a good while now and I gotta say, your content style is massively improving so keep the quality going up my guy!

Wha ha, the magnesium on your hands before running with a weight vest... brilliant! Nice review all together too.

Olympic rings on your pull up bar is all you need, amazing connection with push ups and dips. Rows, face pulls, anything.

Love the content bro keep going! Stay Hard💪🏻

Informative with some solid comedy. 10/10 video.

One thing you might try is competition straps for the rings off a pull-up bar. Not good for uneven attachment points but way easier and consistent off something like a straight bar. I regularly use it for inverted rows, face pulls, and leg curls. For unweighted dips I recommend a walker from goodwill. Not 100% about heavy weighted dips or other movements.

Love that video man. Super funny and very informative.

Colin is the best fitness youtuber out there, love the vids ✊🏻

I use a pull up bar similar to the second one. I just put rubber balloons on both ends and tighten it really hard and it stays pretty good. Even put rings and it holds.

My favorite is the rings right now. I love them so much.

A pull up tower/dips station is a great investment...unlike the wall or door mounted pull ups bar its actually safe and reliable.

Hey Colin! Great video. I was wondering how do you split your calisthenics technique training (learning how to do X) and your strength training (getting stronger so learning X gets easier) throughout the week? I used to work out for body building gains but now that I've gotten into calisthenics, I find myself practicing handstands more often than strength training - to the point where I'm too exhausted to strength train as much as I used to. For example I used to do PPLPPL every week with each session being around an hour. Now that I'm trying to learn the handstand, a day is now 30 minutes handstands and 30 minutes PPL. How do you split your time to do both to actually keep your gains and learn skills at the same time?

Ive been hitting PR´s on dips recently and bought ElbowSleeves for the pain doing heavy loads, recommend 100%. Its a lot when your doing strength training with dips and other stuff like muscleUps, elbow sleeves saves me from injury. including WristWraps ofc.

Just getting in to calisthenics so this video was really helpful 👍

Just subbed to the channel, honestly keep the quality videos coming! The jokes are really good and well thought out.

Hey Colin, happy to see more content from your channel

5:35 “Im gonna go for a little jog” *Literally sprints*

love how you adds humor in your recent content dude

Tip for pull up bar #1 if you're renting your place! If you grab a small aluminum plate from home depot for 10 bucks and put pad tape on one side, it wont damage the paint on the top of your doorframe if you put it in between the pullup bar and the wall

My favourite have to be rings, the range of motion and rotational freedom on pullups is just insane. Great stretch for the lats, great flex for the biceps at the top.

hey, colin ! i love the way you filmed and edited this video. i can't wait to have some calisthenics equip for my new place. keep it up brodie 🙌

You are so COOL!! Funny af!! Thanks for this I love your work. 😂

Keep posting sir 👍

Thanks for the review

i really love this type of video also i needed this extremely badly haha

First purchase for me will be the red and black parallettes you showed! Thank you!

Great video, thank you!

you are so chill it is nice

I would say out of all the countless people I watched on yt for working out you have the best figure and I would strive for that as well ( even though it's not as big as other people I think it's the best shape).

The second pull up bar is actually great, it just needs tightening. I have installed on my door for the past 5 years. Only thing it needs is a hard wood door frame otherwise it will drill through it!!

Just thinking about calisthenics and this video pops up! Brilliant as always

Been doing Rings for a couple years now. Best results ever. Working stabilizers at the same time is where it's at.

I’m lovin this content. Keep it up! You’re on the road to hittin 500k subs sooner than you know it. 🎉

I find the high bars useful for swinging movements like Planche to L-Sit, and of course, Australian Rows.

Awesome video! I requested a video like this not so long ago, and you didn’t disappoint me. Now I can go out and find the right equipment! Thanks bro! :)

great video, personally I really like the mid size parallels. Using them myself. Thinking of buying rings, I think it sounds like a good idea

4:00 I have a similar screw on pull-up bar that I've been using for some time, and from what I've discovered, it works if you make one end of it a tiny bit higher than the other, and keep screwing until it's impossible to do more. Like, you'd have to use your pushing strength if you can. You also can't just start it however, you have to make sure not to swing too much. I know it sounds like a lot of hassle to go through for something with questionable safety, but that's the best I could find for cheap where I live, and it's serving its purpose, so I don't mind.

Well explain!💪

this channel is actually funny! love the video dude.

6:22 damn I didnt think of that, well today I learned this video was helpful, thanks for posting

Been a big fan of the rings, will prob get myself a pair of medium parallettes too, thanks for the review!

I just picked up the Base Bars from Base Blocks partly because of ceiling restrictions. Happy so far with what can be done with it. I would like to add my second choice would have been the Fit! home gym.

“I’m gonna do a little jog” *Proceeds to break the sound barrier*

Doorway pullup bar, Gymnastic rings, weight vest. my top 3 in that order.

Just a little jog - bro sprinted :D Brilliant Video.

I got that second pull up bar, except it screwed into the door frame so it was secure. It was useful, but the issues are that you only have one grip position and it has you doing the pull ups in the door frame so it limits how wide you can spread your elbows. I felt very limited after a while. I switched to the other one.

One of my best purchases was chalk. My hands are to weak to work my back, chalk helps there alot and is generally great when sweating on your hands

Dude, your video quality has improved a lot! Loving these vids!

Good video. Those pull up bars to put in your door frame work. But you need to have a really sturdy door frame. When my gf and me lived in a college dorm, those were working fantastically. Now we own an old farm house and the frames aren't tough enough for the bar. But there's plenty of space so I got myself a used squat rack with a bar.

the screw-out-end pull up bar only works if: 1) you bridge across two door frames in a hallway or corridor, or 2) you drill out two snug recesses for the end parts in the door frame (use a spade bit)

There are some between the door pull up bars that can screw into the door. Been hanging in my door for 2 years now! The top of my door frame isn't strong enough for those you can hang from it

thank you for this video it was a rly good watch

Thank you !

Love your vids

5:11 iron cross😂

Like the understated sense of humor you put into this one! Noice!

Looking at the wrist wraps, I'm thinking they could be useful for someone like me. I'm running 200lbs, with about 50 of those being excess fat, and I'm just trying to get back into fitness after about a decade of mostly sedentary life. First thing you notice exercising in this kind of condition is the joint problems. It's like jumping right into weighted exercises without so much as a warmup. Those wraps and similar products would be nice additions while I got everything back into balance. But I just have a cheap-ish gym membership with assist machines. Sub-optimal, but so are the wraps.

Its always a good day when colin posts

great and funny content, keep it up dude

Subbed man, your just like me fr, pull ups ontop

I have a similar pull-up bar, and it came with mounts that I screwed in. It is safe, but for my taste its abit low. Also your door frame have to be installed right or you damage your door frame while using it. Good as a spare, rings are number one :)

Great video!💪 Side note from our side. Only the Medium Parallettes are supplied unassembled, and only in the USA and Canada. This reduces the shipping costs considerably. In all other countries, they are delivered already assembled and balanced. ✌

I never felt so cool before. LOL- I thought exactly the same when I wore these cool red ones!

my fav piece of equipment was the laughs along the way. 😂 (rings, tho.)

my calisthenic equipment : backpack, pullup bar and resistance band

ur so funny! loved it! when i grow up i wanna be just as skilled as u are (we're the same age

5:12 i knew it! haha. (that was funny)😂 it’s all i’ve been waiting.

Always chalk up before your run, got it