Homemade Joist Pull Up Bar

Here is what i built in my back yard over the past couple weekends.

Homemade joist pull up bar.

First load up the family for a trip to your local lowes or home depot store. Oct 23 2014 ceiling mounted pull up bar a collection of the best ceiling joist beam mounted pull up bars chin up bars. Today s pull up bars offer variable handholds adjustable placements and versatility that make them a key. The bolts go into the wall horizontally but the weight of your body pulls against them vertically.

I was quickly losing fitness due to the horrible coronav. If you have kids get them involved. In the case of my pull up bar it is ridiculous. The second method we re going to talk about is the wall mounted 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. Here is a detailed tutorial to make your own. This example is cut to 18 inches but it will vary depending on ceiling height and personal preference. I ordered a really expensive 1 1 4 pull up chin up bar.

As in ridiculously awesome. Home pull up bars these days are far more than just a simple bar across a doorway. Better yet find your studs and make your rig the right width to correspond with anchoring it to your studs behind the drywall. But it took too long to ship to my house.

A great thing about this homemade pull up bar is the 90 degree angle between the mounting mechanism and the force you will apply to it. At a high level you need to secure the pull up bar to a 2 x4 or 2 x6 that is itself secured to your ceiling rafters joists using lag screws or carriage bolts. 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. A ceiling mounted pull up bar is a perfect addition to a home gym.

See more ideas about pull up bar up bar pull ups. If you face your drywall with wood and anchor it well up the wall it will provide a solid base for making a diy pull up bar at home. Sometimes homemade is great. How to build a pull up bar.

Cut two identical pieces of the 2 4 to the height at which you d like the bar to hang. Only do this if you know how to embed beefy drywall anchors.