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Sports & Fitness · Pull-Up Bars

What weight capacity should I look for if I want to add a weight belt?

Reviewer consensus

Once you're doing weighted pull-ups, reviewers across r/bodyweightfitness and r/GarageGym strongly recommend wall- or ceiling-mounted hardware rated at 400 lbs or higher and bolted into studs or joists with lag screws. Doorway bars rated 440 lbs technically pass the static-load math, but specialist communities consistently warn that dynamic loading (kipping, dropping, jerks) is what fails cheap doorway hooks, not bodyweight alone.

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