As in ridiculously awesome.
Make your own pull up bar in garage.
Here is what i built in my back yard over the past couple weekends.
We ll include steps and pictures below for reference.
Measure 3 inches from the bottom of the boards and use the 1 1 2 inch spade bit to make a hole in both boards.
Get a friend to help you if you can.
Screw your pull up bar together before mounting it on the ceiling.
If you have kids get them involved.
Measure out the length you will need to be able to do pull ups without smacking your face into the ceiling.
First load up the family for a trip to your local lowes or home depot store.
Here is a detailed tutorial to make your own.
I got it up there by myself no problem.
A ceiling mounted pull up bar is a perfect addition to a home gym.
Cut two identical pieces of the 2 4 to the height at which you d like the bar to hang.
Side view of ceiling mount pull up bar.
With this pull up bar in place you will be able to complete several home exercises for back muscles without compromising your results.
This example is cut to 18 inches but it will vary depending on ceiling height and personal preference.
The shorter pieces of pipe screw into the other ends of the elbow joints.
How to build a pull up bar.
Even if you re not a pull up ninja i found that a ceiling mounted pull bar offers additional features uses equipment that doesn t even require doing one pull up making it a great all around addition to.
Our latest addition to the home gym makeover is this diy pull up bar.
In the case of my pull up bar it is ridiculous.
Front view of ceiling mount pull up bar.
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Most people want to know how to build a pull up bar at home because a pull up bar is a simple piece of exercise equipment that won t take up a lot of space and will provide great benefits.
If not just make sure you are stable.
Or you can do pull ups to where your head is going.
Jul 31 2017 explore erica gadelmeyer s board homemade pull up bar on pinterest.
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The more your kids put down their ipods and get involved with a real project the better.
The elbow joints go on the ends of the longer piece of pipe.
You should now have an assembled pull up bar that isn t attached to anything.
Screw the flanges into the remaining exposed pipe ends.