I absolutely love an ‘all in one’ piece of exercise kit and the ‘Pull Up Mate’ certainly ticks all the right boxes.

Easy to assemble in just a few minutes, ‘Pull Up Mate’ consists of a pull up bar and dip station. If you’ve not familiar with pull ups, then you should really be adding them into your routine as they’re a fantastic total body workout. Great for fat burning and muscle toning.

I’ve had a home gym for a few years now and Pull Up Mate is a great addition as it allows you to workout in your own room, with your own music and your own self-determination. Pull Up Mate is lightweight yet strong. It can be packed away flat and brought out and put together in just a few short minutes. I leave mine up all the time though as I converted my garage to a home gym. The car can sit on the drive and get wet for all I care, haha.

Checkout the video on the Pull Up Mate website to see the variety of exercises that can be performed. Right now, I’d like to tell you a great little routine that Stu and I do on a regular basis. In fact, we completed this exact circuit last night!

So it’s called 10 to 1 and it consists of four exercises – pull ups, knee raises, press ups and dips. All of these can be performed on the Pull Up Mate. It’s good to train with a partner as it gives you a good break in between exercises and you spur each other on when the going gets tough. Start with 10 reps of pull ups, then your partner does 10. You then do 9 and your partner does 9. You basically do reps from 10 to 1 for the first exercise. If you can’t train with a partner, wait a few minutes between sets.

The same concept is then completed for knee raises, press up and dips. Start at 10 reps for your first set, 9 for your second and work your way down to 1 rep. I’ve jotted down each rep and set for all four exercises below so you can see exactly what I mean.

Pull Ups

• 10 reps – Set 1
• 9 reps – Set 2
• 8 reps – Set 3
• 7 reps – Set 4
• 6 reps – Set 5
• 5 reps – Set 6
• 4 reps – Set 7
• 3 reps – Set 8
• 2 reps – Set 9
• 1 rep – Set 10

Knee Raises

• 10 reps – Set 1
• 9 reps – Set 2
• 8 reps – Set 3
• 7 reps – Set 4
• 6 reps – Set 5
• 5 reps – Set 6
• 4 reps – Set 7
• 3 reps – Set 8
• 2 reps – Set 9
• 1 rep – Set 10

Press Up

• 10 reps – Set 1
• 9 reps – Set 2
• 8 reps – Set 3
• 7 reps – Set 4
• 6 reps – Set 5
• 5 reps – Set 6
• 4 reps – Set 7
• 3 reps – Set 8
• 2 reps – Set 9
• 1 rep – Set 10

Dips

• 10 reps – Set 1
• 9 reps – Set 2
• 8 reps – Set 3
• 7 reps – Set 4
• 6 reps – Set 5
• 5 reps – Set 6
• 4 reps – Set 7
• 3 reps – Set 8
• 2 reps – Set 9
• 1 rep – Set 10

You can see that each exercise consists of 55 reps. I personally find the pull ups and dips quite challenging which is why I do one of them at the start of the circuit and the other one at the end.

The Pull Up Mate is priced at £99.95 and they deliver all over Europe. I highly recommend adding it to your home gym!