Posted: 1/6/2010 1:23:02 PM EDT
| What pull up bars do you use at home. |
| I have some funky old door frames that don't allow any of the ones that attach to the top of the frame or hang on their own. No space for a dedicated peice of equipment pull up bar. So I got one of the screws right into the inside of the frame kind. Simple, cheap, holds real well. |
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I stole this idea from another member.
1 piece of 2x6 6 lag bolts 8 wood screws 3 sections of steel pipe 2 pipe elbows 2 pipe flanges Prob took half an hour. to put it up. Its bolted into the I-beams in the ceiling. 
Edit: Its hard to tell from the pic but I lag bolted the 2x6 to the ceiling then used the wood screws to attach the pipe flanges to the 2x6. |
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Quoted: I stole this idea from another member. 1 piece of 2x6 6 lag bolts 8 wood screws 3 sections of steel pipe 2 pipe elbows 2 pipe flanges Prob took half an hour. to put it up. Its bolted into the I-beams in the ceiling. http://www.blackbirdpilot.com/coppermine/albums/ftpupload/10001/house/homegym5.jpg Edit: Its hard to tell from the pic but I lag bolted the 2x6 to the ceiling then used the wood screws to attach the pipe flanges to the 2x6. I have much jealousy over your workout space... |
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Quoted: I stole this idea from another member. 1 piece of 2x6 6 lag bolts 8 wood screws 3 sections of steel pipe 2 pipe elbows 2 pipe flanges Prob took half an hour. to put it up. Its bolted into the I-beams in the ceiling. http://www.blackbirdpilot.com/coppermine/albums/ftpupload/10001/house/homegym5.jpg Edit: Its hard to tell from the pic but I lag bolted the 2x6 to the ceiling then used the wood screws to attach the pipe flanges to the 2x6. Wow that looks great. I recently ordered a tower that I hope works out well for pullups. My only concern is that it might wobble a bit. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I stole this idea from another member. 1 piece of 2x6 6 lag bolts 8 wood screws 3 sections of steel pipe 2 pipe elbows 2 pipe flanges Prob took half an hour. to put it up. Its bolted into the I-beams in the ceiling. http://www.blackbirdpilot.com/coppermine/albums/ftpupload/10001/house/homegym5.jpg Edit: Its hard to tell from the pic but I lag bolted the 2x6 to the ceiling then used the wood screws to attach the pipe flanges to the 2x6. I have much jealousy over your workout space... I especially like the pose-down mirror. I like to keep a headless cut-out of Jay Cutler around that I occasionally transplant my melon onto when the garage door is open and neighbors are walking by. |
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Quoted: I stole this idea from another member. 1 piece of 2x6 6 lag bolts 8 wood screws 3 sections of steel pipe 2 pipe elbows 2 pipe flanges Prob took half an hour. to put it up. Its bolted into the I-beams in the ceiling. http://www.blackbirdpilot.com/coppermine/albums/ftpupload/10001/house/homegym5.jpg Edit: Its hard to tell from the pic but I lag bolted the 2x6 to the ceiling then used the wood screws to attach the pipe flanges to the 2x6. I was probably that member. I love this pullup setup, works great and holds a shit ton of weight. I'm in the process of moving right now and will post pics of my new home gym later on. |
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I stole this idea from another member. 1 piece of 2x6 6 lag bolts 8 wood screws 3 sections of steel pipe 2 pipe elbows 2 pipe flanges Prob took half an hour. to put it up. Its bolted into the I-beams in the ceiling. http://www.blackbirdpilot.com/coppermine/albums/ftpupload/10001/house/homegym5.jpg Edit: Its hard to tell from the pic but I lag bolted the 2x6 to the ceiling then used the wood screws to attach the pipe flanges to the 2x6. I have much jealousy over your workout space... I especially like the pose-down mirror. I like to keep a headless cut-out of Jay Cutler around that I occasionally transplant my melon onto when the garage door is open and neighbors are walking by. Haha. If you look close you can see writing all over the mirror. I am constantly writing shit on it with a dry erase marker. Usually related to my workout. Things I want to change or goals etc. Sometimes its completely unrelated. I can write it down and put it out of my mind and get back to communing with the iron. |
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I had one of those cheap combo pull-up/Roman chair towers. Uneven porch concrete caused it to wobble a lot, and the backrest for the chair grated my knees when doing pull-ups. You could probably sandbag the feet to give it more stability.
I have one of those door-frame hanging ones, too. It works pretty well for the $30 bucks an ex-GF paid for it 12 years ago. |
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Quoted: I had one of those cheap combo pull-up/Roman chair towers. Uneven porch concrete caused it to wobble a lot, and the backrest for the chair grated my knees when doing pull-ups. You could probably sandbag the feet to give it more stability. I have one of those door-frame hanging ones, too. It works pretty well for the $30 bucks an ex-GF paid for it 12 years ago. It seems to be even but I can't help but hit my knees on every pull-up. Well, live and learn I guess. For right now it'll do I suppose. When I'm facing away my knees don't hit although feels odd for some reason. |
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I've got one of these ceiling mounted ones to the cross beams.
http://www.easychin.com/glaser.spml |
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I stole this idea from another member. 1 piece of 2x6 6 lag bolts 8 wood screws 3 sections of steel pipe 2 pipe elbows 2 pipe flanges Prob took half an hour. to put it up. Its bolted into the I-beams in the ceiling. I did the same thing. Maybe $30 worth of pipe and joints and screws. Worked great! RF |