anyone of you have created your own gym equipment at home . Does anyone have a pull up bar created at your own garage or indoor?

This post has been edited by hackwire: Oct 25 2011, 07:58 PM

find dantuck or danf*** or dantck watever his name is, he "custom" built dip n chin bar for RM200 i guess...

my pull up bar. came with the house. but i rarely use it tbh.


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Need a resistance band?

Why not a motorcycle tyre tube. Only cost RM 10. Can dish out 3 or 4 per tube. My friend is currently using it with a pipe to do bench press. he even managed to curl with it.

I only have a push up floor which came with the house too

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This post has been edited by hoxy: Jun 13 2012, 05:21 PM

http://www.bodyrock.tv/2010/03/18/a-homebuilt-dip-station/

is this the one you talking about?
really admire those who don't need to pay the gym membership but using normal objects to built own gym.

Pull up bars are quite affordable... roughly RM70 if you get it from fitness concept. Crappy looking ones from tesco is even cheaper... RM39.90 I think. But the tesco ones look like they might fail or snap in half.

If your door has a frame and your fingers are strong enough then you can just do pull ups with your door frame(get the extreme rock climbing experience). Else you can even hold on to the top of your door to do pull ups.

so cheap? in crossfit forum, one guy did mention about safety . due to the fact that info are easily obtain in you tube to DIY Galvanized pipe bar at home , the weight of you and the intensity of workout could possibly collapse the structure if math and science is not apply. suggest some steel cable to absorb the weight or pressure.

+1. i have either.

The pull up bar from fitness concept can hold up to 90kg. The sales assistant told me, just to be safe, keep it below 80kg. I have tried 85kg and tugged the bar(and swing) and it holds well.
The tesco pull up bar looks like it will fail the first time anyone tries anything with it.

Got one at home too.. but wifey say "kesian besi tu" .. huhu..

Anyway here is my home made suspension trainer



The first one.. simple rope with PVC pipe. For door anchor I use kids nylon belt. Outside, I just anchor the rope to tope of swing sets.



Just finished this one this morning. Haven't really tested it yet.



Can be split to preference.

I only have a punching bag at home and dumbbell at home. both home-made. using guni, sand, cement and other stuffs

This post has been edited by Mihawk7: Oct 26 2011, 09:55 PM

Where do you get those straps? Hardware shop ?

Hahahaha... that's the one major obstacle for me. That's why the first one I just use rope.

Anyway, I got mine at ACE Hardware in Mid Valley (not all ACE or other hardware shops have this in stock). It was at the car accessories aisle near all tie downs with the cam buckle. The one I got is only RM11.00 per pair (the orange coloured one). It is for luggage straps and came with alloy clip hence allowing for adjustable length and stronger than plastic clips. Each straps is 5 metres long and have max load of 200 lbs. I fold each in half length wise and sewn them to make it thicker and more robust. But it was the last pair though. Hopefully they restock soon. Or you can get the straps to your desired length. Still at the same store, as you enter the shop, to your left is like a mini shop in the shop, carrying ACE branded item. Some where in there, at bottom of the rack have the straps either in 1cm or 2 cm width. The straps are in rather flat boxes so you really got to look properly. Priced around RM2 per feet and this one seems of better quality than the luggage straps I bought. I'll get this straps if the orange one tear apart. Except the alloy slip is not available.

The straps for anchor, handle and feet I just bought kids nylon belt at Mydin, pretty cheap if you get them in wholesale bunch maybe about 6-10 belts. I bought separately just for the colours . Good luck in finding those straps for what ever purpose you want them for.

Cool! Very creative indeed and this is what i expected from this topic. Making home gym equipment is more fun than anything else if u have the passion to go extra mile to do it. Im studying you tube how to built a bulgarian bag now. the other day, i saw this guy in crossfit video from finland i guess throwing a bag of sack use as a medicine ball. we should be like them.

Yeah.. my reason for making the equipment is due to space constraint. I don't have anywhere convenient/safe to leave dumbells around the house with 3 kids trying to immitate what the father does.

On Bulgarian bag..I forgot to mentioned it before. I've also made one using motorcross rear tire tube. weight around 5 kg only. But combine the suspension workout with the bag workout.. man... you can really feel it working your core muscles and your grips. Still have another tube to use, this one came from small car/lorry tires.. this one maybe can make a 10 kgs bag, but at the moment I'm so loving the straps and bodyweight workout that I don't have the time to make one yet. Will post a pic of the bag later.

i salute u kaw kaw mang... dedicated and hardcore as fcuk...


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by the way how do you fix the strap on the door. is it secure? can u show us how u do that with a pic.

Just a simple knot at the end of the straps. or you can tie a bunch of cloth or something at the end of it so the straps don't get pull through between the door and the frame. I'm 100 kg and the set up is doing fine (hopefully remains so.. ) Will take pictures later tonight.