Assisted pull-up towers

SirenSongWoman

Cathlete
I know this is a stupid question since most of us aren't swimming in money. But what do those assisted pull-up towers (like at the gym) usually cost? In a brief Google search I couldn't even find one. I strongly suspect such a machine would be waaaay out of reach, financially, but I was just wondering...
 
A selectorized Dip and Chin machine like we use in our club will cost around $3000. However, you can get a plate loaded Dip and Chin that will do the same thing for about $450. The only difference is you will have to add weights to the machine instead of just inserting a pin into a weight stack.
 
>I know this is a stupid question since most of us aren't
>swimming in money. But what do those assisted pull-up towers
>(like at the gym) usually cost? In a brief Google search I
>couldn't even find one. I strongly suspect such a machine
>would be waaaay out of reach, financially, but I was just
>wondering...

we bought one as year or so ago for about $300 on sale at sports chalet... it's a gold's gym brand and uses rubber banding....

it's similar to this one but with more options for hand positions than the "Y" thing on this one!

http://www.amazon.com/Golds-Gym-Power-GT-2000/dp/B000M28QLQ#productDetails

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How well does your assisted chin up tower work with the bands? do you think it's work the extra money to get the one with the weights? I don't care so much about the money, I'd like a quality machine. But then again, I don't want to spend 1000s of dollars on a commerical machine.
 
I don't own one, but I tried one with the bands at Sports Authority, and I didn't like it. First off, the bands don't give the kind of smooth resistance that a more professional machine does. (Maybe I've been spoiled by the nice machine at the gym.) For part of the motion, the bands help, then when you get to a certain point, they stop helping and you're on your own, lifting all of your body weight with no assistance. Hope that makes sense; it's hard to explain.

The other thing I didn't like was the way the platform you put your knees on worked. It tilts up and down, like a see-saw, rather than moving up and down staying parallel to the ground (hope I'm explaining that right). This means that at a certain point in the movement, the platform is tilted way down, and I felt like I was going to slide off, and it bothered my knees to kneel at that angle. The machine at the gym has a platform that moves up and down and doesn't tilt, and I like that much better. Unfortunately, all of the machines that I have seen in the $450-500 price range (even if they use weights instead of bands) have this tilting platform, so I don't think I'll be buying a home machine.

But everyone is different, and what bugs me (and my DH) might not bug you. Maybe you could try one at a store to help you make your decision. DH and I were ready to buy one until we both decided we didn't like the one we tried.
 

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