Power tower

[kelbiz]

Has anyone ever used something called a 'Power Tower'? There are a few available from sporting goods stores but the one I'm referring to was on the market about 15 or so years ago. It was black tubular steel, about 1.5 or 2 inches in diameter. It had pushup handles that curved up from the base. Midway up were dipping handles and at the top was a chinning bar. There were no back pads as somee of the models now have. It lookes pretty sleek and I kick myself for not getting one way back when. It might have beeen called a 'Power Stand' and I think a company called DP or Excel put it out.
The models available today just don't have the same look.

Jack

[Viking Dan]

http://i5.ebayimg.com/05/i/001/14/69/38d5_1.JPG

Was it the Tunturi TS100?

[tom]

Mine looks like that one. Lot of years, lot of use. I sawed the pull-up bar so there is no downward angle - personal preference and easier to move.

Tom

[budgiefan]

I've got the kind with the back pad.

[stingray]

I just purchased one of Craig's list for $25 with the back pad. I've been a bit under the weather and I look forward to training on it.

[Greg Newton]

The original power tower was a neat design. Your own bodyweight pushed out the base and provided the support. The drawbacks were the height and the inability to adjust the dip width. Still, I wish I still had the one I bought back in the early nineties.

[kelbiz]

Viking Dan;

That's exactly what i was describing! I like the design over newer models that look more like they belong in a gym. Anyone know where these are available?

Thanks for the photo.
Jack

[gruntbrain]

The Towers are more useful if you bolt 'em into the floor or into plywood; they are tip proof & can serve as an anchor for homemade "gymnastic rings". Also, a secured Tower is an excellent isometric "platform"

[MikeNY]

WOW that sure beats a bar screwed into the door frame!

[HE LIVES IN MY HEART]

I purchased one about 11 years ago. It was the same model pictured above except in white manufactured under the Gold's Gym name. I never bothered to attach the push handles on the bottom though.

I still use it for pull ups, chins and dips on the occasions when I work out in my basement. I usually work out in my garage now where I have a power rack from my weightlifting days that I use for the same movements plus isos.

[jdc]

There is one for sale on Ebay!Not by me!
They only want pick up no shipping so if you live in Long Branch New Jersey its your shot!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Tunturi-TS100-Power-Tower-%1A-Pull-ups,-Push-ups,-Dips_W0QQitemZ320314154829QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ200 81028?IMSfp=TL081028125005r4303

JDC

[gruntbrain]

A bolted down Tower replaces a wall for the Hollyweed pushups - like wise for bridges. In both cases, you get extended ROM