How much taller than me should my pull-up bar be?

Why the fuck does how high the bar make a difference ???

>>40966520
I don't know. I'm pretty short, I guess. I suppose it determines how high you have to pull yourself to get above it and how much you have to reach for it.

>>40966520

Gravity moran. The higher up you are the more gravity affects you. It's basic psychics.

>>40966535
You don't start from the ground though. I have two gyms I go to, one has a pullup bar that I need to lift my legs to do a pullup on, and the other gym has a pullup bar I need to jump to reach. I've never felt any difference in either.

>>40966581
this is correct, what OP should be doing is lifting his legs up and starting pull ups from a dead hang, not using extra reach to squeeze out more reps

>>40966567
no you fucking retard, your downward acceleration is gonna be 9.81m/s^2 no matter what the height is, your potential energy is higher but that doesnt mean the pull up is gonna be harder lmao its not like your letting go of the bar to squash a banana on the floor as much as possible, youre doing pull ups, gtfo

>>40966803
You took the bait hard, jesus

>>40966803
Hoping this is counter b8

>>40966472
They arre both too low. Ideally it should be high enough that you don't touch the ground, or just barely touch it with your toes when hanging from it.
Either way, the point is to have full ROM and lower yourself low enough to have straight arms. You can always try lifting your legs (to the front preferably) so that you don't touch the ground and go fully down even if the bar is too low.

>>40966803
this is fundamentally wrong, increasing h in PE=mgh will increase the work against gravity thus pullups in an airplane would instantly rip your arms out of your torso