Products Outdoor Fitness Multi-Use Strength Training Power Tower

I've been a fitness enthusiast for 40 years. Three years ago, I bought this power tower. Every day I now do four or five sets of chin-ups. It's a whole upper-body workout. It's like cheating—it works the back, chest, shoulders, and biceps. I bought a second home and ordered the exact same one because I love it. I'm 200 lbs, and it's so strong, stable, and sturdy. I only wish I had bought it twenty years sooner.

After owning 2 indoor home pull up/dip stations, this one is the most sturdy and stable I have owned. I have it set up outside on my concrete back yard patio and it is stable enough for what I use it for that I don't need to bolt it down. I lined the bottom with rubber garage door weather seal. I weigh 165 lbs. and use it regularly for weighted pull ups and dips, hanging leg/knee raises, toe to bar, windshield wipers, and the lower bar for mountain climbers. However, if you plan on performing any exercises on it that require you to change your grips mid-air (i.e. doing a gymnastics high bar routine) then you should definitely bolt it down. EDIT: I also agree with PB’s review that if you tie a resistance band to it, you must anchor it to the ground. It will definitely tip over once you pull/push the band away. It has been exposed to Southern California Santa Ana winds with gusts of 50-60 mph and it hasn’t moved.As for the height, I'm 5'10" and it works fine for me. If you're over 6 feet, it might seem short if you do hanging leg/knee raises or pull ups (you would have to keep your knees bent).The only minor issues I had was that the shipping box came pretty beat up and some of the pieces came with a few scratches/chips. I’ve owned it for 9 months and after being exposed to hot summer weather and then a cold winter/rain, the scratched/exposed areas did start to rust. So I had to use rust remover, used left over touch up paint and clear coat for my car and it has been fine. Also, the black caps were the only pieces that didn't seem to fit "perfectly." They fit okay, but they kind of pop out a little occasionally. The diameter of the pull up bar (1.5 inch) is thicker than the typical ones you find in home gyms and parks, which makes it more challenging, but I consider that a good thing because it forces you to focus on using your grip and back muscles. Keep in mind, this product does not have bars for neutral grip pull ups.UPDATE: Stamina has a new outdoor "Power Tower Pro" that does include grips for neutral grip pull ups as well as an adjustable plyo box. If those additional features interest you, you may want to consider that model, but it does cost a couple of hundred dollars more than this model as of this writing.UPDATE 2: 12/25/20, since there are no neutral grip bars, I’ve been using these orange grips for the past 5 months and the tower has been sturdy enough to handle them. Use at your own risk though since the grips were not made specifically for this tower, but the diameter of the bar meets the requirements for appropriate use of the grips. I bought a particular brand that has been advertised on my social media feed. Amazon does have a generic brand version. If you get these, don’t leave them outside. Remove them after use. The fabric would likely fray from hot/cold/wet weather.The directions were clear and assembly was easy (all of the pieces/bolts fit well, I was able to hand tighten everything at first and then used the Allen key to tighten everything at the end). As the directions say, don't tighten anything until the last step.Overall, I'm very satisfied with the product. I no longer need to lug my pull/dip chain belt and weight vest to the park to do my workouts and I can keep it outside without taking up indoor space.Photo 1: Garage door sealer used underneath to prevent possible sliding (it hasn’t moved in the 9 months I’ve owned it)Photo 2: Ab slings can be used (not included)Photo 3: Update 12/25/20, I’ve been using this product for neutral grip pull ups. The tower and grips have been stable so far. I’ll keep you updated if anything changes. If you get these, don’t leave them outside. Remove them after use. The fabric would likely fray from hot/cold/wet weather.Photo 4: A frequent question asked is how high is the bar? I’m 5’10” and my feet can touch the floor if I dead hang, so I have to position my feet slightly behind or in front. In the photo, my feet are slightly angled back.

Really good deal for the price. I am 6'2" and 240 lbs so I wanted a really sturdy free standing pull up bar. This unit fits the bill. It came professionally packaged with an excellent paint job. Assembly was straight forward and unit is much sturdier than the others I have seen at the big sporting goods store. I do recommend you secure it to the ground. Since mine will stay indoors, I put down some rubber/foam workout room style tiles, bought a peace of sanded plywood (I chose sanded to prevent splinters if I go barefoot). I secured this unit to the plywood with 1/2 inch carriage bolts with 3" wide washers to help even the load (this way there is no change of pulling carriage bolt through plywood if you put an extreme load on it). The nuts I used are free spinning, not the kind with nylon inserted in them since the carriage bolts will spin slightly when you put a large washer between them and plywood.A few of things to keep in mind:1. The pull up bar is pretty thick and will probably need some type of grip added to it. I just used tennis overwraps since I already had them.2. When assembling, it can be difficult to line up a couple of the holes. You want to install all nuts just finger tight until the end to ensure you can wiggle the holes to line up. In one case that was not enough so I had to use my legs to get two holes to line up. Probably could have taken it back apart and reassembled in different order, that likely would have worked.3. Before bolting this down I never was able to get it to tip over but could get to rock when doing aggressive swinging chin ups. I do one leg squats with the help of a strong resistance band. I was able to get the unit to tip over doing this (I did this on purpose to test it).4. Once it is bolted down it is muchhhhhhhhhh sturdier than any other freestanding unit I have seen.5. You can add a bar between the dip bars if you want to do Australian chin ups. If you look closely at the picture you will notice I have a bar there.

I'm only giving it 4 stars but it's only been ! day since I built it....I absolutely give it 5 stars for the product and the build. The build was ALL lined up. Took me about an hour but I was messing around too....Great color. I got the big green one, as you can see. It's heavy for sure however I put the bags on it and still got to swinging so hard that it did rock:) But it's absolutely sturdy. 2nd Stamina Power tower I have purchased....I wanted to play outside....Welds are solid....Exited to play on this thing. Reasonable price for the use I got out of the other stamina I have....I use that one daily sooooooo holding out hope that this is the same quality as my indoor equipment") Plus I like being gross outside and still getting a hang in before tracking through the house") I just want to play") See how many points my resistance bands can hold on this thing")