TRX Pro Kit and its anchor

obi604

Hello

So I bought a TRX kit with door anchor etc.

I just have a question on this, I used it on a door last night and all seemed fine but there were a few creaks from the door when I was using it.

I live in an apartment block and the walls surrounding the door frame I was using are not made of concrete, you knock on them and its hollow in the middle.......if you know what I mean, dunno what the material is called.

Anyone know if this should be safe to use a TRX on ?

obi604

Anyone ?

TommyKnocker

I do not think that anybody can answer your question with any degree of certainty tbh as it will depend on how well your stud wall (plaster board on a wooden frame) was built. Nobody is going to stick their neck out and say you will be fine only for you to come back in a month saying you have just pulled the wall down in your apartment.

Remember also that a TRX is portable, so nothing stopping you bringing it outside (car park in the Apt complex, park (goal posts, tree etc) and working out there.

obi604

TommyKnocker wrote: »

I do not think that anybody can answer your question with any degree of certainty tbh as it will depend on how well your stud wall (plaster board on a wooden frame) was built. Nobody is going to stick their neck out and say you will be fine only for you to come back in a month saying you have just pulled the wall down in your apartment.

Remember also that a TRX is portable, so nothing stopping you bringing it outside (car park in the Apt complex, park (goal posts, tree etc) and working out there.

Thanks for taking the time to reply Tommy. 

Suppose I should have asked : Has anyone used their TRX on a stud wall and if so any mishaps ; )

Scuba Ste

I'll stick my neck out, kinda. Unless it's really badly built (which in fairness is quite possible in this country) it should hold. It's a timber stud, most likely nailed together and while it's not built to resist a perpendicular force it should hold your bodyweight unless your 100kg +.

Whether the door will hold, I don't know, depends on a few things. You could lock the door to be extra cautious. Just use your head, if you think it feels too unstable it probably a good idea to find somewhere else. But a few creaks don't necessarily mean it's going to fall down.

TommyKnocker

I live in a reasonably solidly built house and sometimes use a TRX attached to an over the door pullup bar. The door is in a stud wall.

I am 79kg and do pushups (with feet raised), dips and inverted rows with the TRX and no mishaps to date (touches wooden desk )

As I said earlier, it will depend on how well your stud wall was built, as houses and apartments built during the boom years seem to have been rife with cut corners. So it's at your own risk.

size5

I don't think you need worry about the wall per se I would be more concerned about the door. Last house couldn't do the trx as door just wasn't sting enough.

New house stronger doors no problem and Iam a lot more confident in applying more resistance.

My own feelin if ur having to ask the question better not doing it-unless u buy a stronger door:)

obi604

Thanks for all the helpul replies