DIY: outdoor pullup bars

gfxprotege · 06-21-2009, 04:45 PM

I thought I'd like to share my homemade pullup bar after seeing this thread: CHINS on the go

I didn't have room in my house to really hang a doorway pull-up bar (although I do have a metolius hangboard in the basement), so I decided to build one of my own outside.

There are two things I really like about it. First is the posture. You start out with a wide grip pull-up and finish with a closer grip chin-up (you can just keep it as pull ups or chinups, but i like the rotation). The other is that the height of the grips are adjustable (i.e. you can have on hand higher than the other to isolate your shoulders).

materials:
1ft pvc pipe, cut in half
6 ft of nylon rope, eventually knotted and trimmed
2 eyelet screws

i can upload a video of them in use if desired. Hope to hear your feedback!

-Jordan

spartanMMAn · 06-22-2009, 07:11 AM

will that hold your weight and if sh how much do you weigh?

Oblivian · 06-22-2009, 07:47 AM

Thanks for sharing. Not a bad idea.

Not to hijack, but I got a quick question. I was thinking about hanging a heavy bag from a similar type set up. After hanging on your new setup, do you think it would work out? The swinging of the heavy bag worries me.

d_couch90 · 06-22-2009, 08:41 AM

Isn't that extremely uncomfortable for your hands?

mikeinnaples · 06-22-2009, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oblivian

Thanks for sharing. Not a bad idea.

Not to hijack, but I got a quick question. I was thinking about hanging a heavy bag from a similar type set up. After hanging on your new setup, do you think it would work out? The swinging of the heavy bag worries me.

My bag has a hook on the bottom to accomodate for that. I have it tied to the floor to remove much of the swing because I have a 14ft hang spot.

gfxprotege · 06-22-2009, 11:08 AM

ive had my dad hang from it, he weighs about 260, no problem. (i've been using em nearly every day since november, i weigh 167 atm). The nylon rope and the eyelit screws both have extremely high test weights (I don't have them off hand, i can check).

the pvc piping isn't uncomfortable, if anything the width is a bit big, but you can always get a smaller gauge. i haven't had any trouble with slipping though, which was my first concern. If there was, I'd just wrap em with cloth medical tape and call it a day.

as for a heavy bag, i wish i took pictures from my old house. depending on the setup of the crossbeams, you can do a few things. easiest would be to have longer chains and to just throw them over the cross beam with a scrap piece of carpeting underneath to protect the wood. depending on the age of the wood, you can also simply put an eyelit screw directly into the bottom of the wood and hang the bag that way. (i believe the screws have a testweight of 1k lbs).

if you do go with a setup similar to mine for anything, just remember to make sure the wood is entirely flush with the rounded part of the screw.

Oblivian · 06-22-2009, 12:50 PM

Thanks for the response. Very cool thread.

spartanMMAn · 06-22-2009, 02:13 PM

yer i'm gonna build me one o' them now.

bacon · 06-22-2009, 03:20 PM

That's looks like FAIL waiting to happen.

dnj23 · 06-22-2009, 03:57 PM

That's pretty innovative. I may copy your idea.

How much harder are they than doing conventional bar chins and pull ups?

Is it easy to slip up and down on one side when doing them?