Reddit mentions of GoFit No Screw Chin Up Station Elevated, Multi Use Fitness System

This one is my favorite one because you can get separation from the door. http://www.amazon.com/Elevated-Chin-Up-Station-GoFit/dp/B0027ICCTA/ref=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8&qid=1459105415&sr=8-21&keywords=door+pull+up+bar

Normal link for people not on phones: http://www.amazon.com/GoFit-Elevated-Chin-Up-Station/dp/B0027ICCTA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1409879515&sr=8-1&keywords=GoFit+Elevated+Chin+Up+Station

This is the best doorway pullup bar to get if you want to hang rings from one.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0027ICCTA/

Get a model which allows you to go 'above' the door frame, such as this one.

It'll allow you to at least release some tension of the hams.

Also: get a suspension system (knock-off TRX) and add some bodyweight stuff to it. Pull-ups are nice, but they're only one exercise (of which you won't be able to do many and grow bored). You can take that TRX with you anywhere.

P.S. put a couch cushion in the doorway when doing pull-ups with bent knees. Please. Kneecaps are important.

There are a few bodyweight-based programs, all of them are fairly similar, but they take a different slant on things.

You Are Your Own Gym is built around military-style calisthenics. There are variations of all the different movements that are based around making them easier so you can do fifty of them and experience that brand of misery, or to make them more difficult and strength-focused. YAYOG has a very nice set of apps that go with it as well.

Convict Conditioning is another bodyweight program based around six different movements (handstand, pull-up, push-up, leg-raises, back-bridges, pistol squats). The progressions are pretty nice, but the way it's presented is like it was written for fifteen year-olds. 2edgy4u, and such.

Overcoming Gravity is a gymnastics-based program, but is also a huge firehose of information about fitness in general. It's a great resource for designing your own program, but if you're a beginner, I don't think the sheer volume of information would be helpful.

All of these would require a pull-up bar. There's the classic Iron Gym, or this thing if the Iron Gym ends up being too low, and if you can screw something into a wall somewhere, I suggest this one.

You might think about just using a doorway pull up bar. Simple, effective, cheap, and weather won't be an issue.

This one is nice and can be used for many things.
http://www.amazon.com/GoFit-Elevated-Chin-Up-Station/dp/B0027ICCTA

that's what it was! There's only been a few gentlemen of our size on here and I'm pretty sure it was you that I commented back and forth with.

I haven't really done much with fasting. There's been a day here or there I didn't eat much because I felt full and all, but that was an accident I guess? How's it going for you?

My first goal was 100 pounds in a year. So far i've dropped 97 and have 20 more days! Started a body weight exercise routine a few weeks ago. If that looks like your kind of thing and since you're tall, check out one of these.

Signing up for the gym on the 28th and the next goals to be able to bench my body weight. Haven't really looked at /r/ketogains yet, but that's my next stop!

Go Fit Elevated Chinup Bar. You'll love the extra foot of clearance it gives you over all the other bars.

http://www.amazon.com/GoFit-Elevated-Chin-Up-Station/dp/B0027ICCTA

I had olympic weights with a rack and bench for over a decade, but I rarely used them. Even after I started using them regularly I never made as many gains as I did with a pull up bar and resistance bands. Going from 0 dead hang pull ups to many without a resistance band is a wonderful feeling! Seeing great progress in very short time is such a great motivator. I used the following progressions in combination with the pull up bar and resistance band, as needed.

• Dead Hang
  
• Flexed Arm Hang
  
• Negative Pull-up
  
• Body row

I really like this one it gets your face away from the door frame and gives you a bit more clearance from the floor.

I don't find them any harder, but that could be due to the type of bar I have

I had this one for a while: http://www.amazon.com/GoFit-Elevated-Chin-Up-Station/dp/B0027ICCTA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396761626&sr=8-1&keywords=gofit+pullup

It's elevated which is nice, and extremely sturdy, and if you don't want to order it off the internet, I think Big5 and other fitness stores usually carry them. I had one but I traded it with a friend and bought a new one that isn't elevated and I wish I had bought the elevated one. Well worth the money.

I have this one: GoFit Pull Up Bar. We got it because my bf is 6'3" and wanted a higher bar. We both really like it and it is sturdy and doesn't seem to damage the door frame. We did put extra fabric on the sides where it may rub and I would recommend that. You need to make sure you have measured your door frame width and how thick your trim is to make sure one you get will fit. Most of the bad reviews for any bar are either that it didn't fit or it caused damage. Be sure your door frame trim is solid and try it out gently (don't use your full weight) to see if you will end up with damage before you use it so you don't do anything permanent.

I did manage to knock it off the door frame and fall but we have used it for a long time with no issue so I'm confident it was my fault.