Depending on your set up the attachment to the ceiling may be different.
Homemade joist pull up bar.
I ordered a really expensive 1 1 4 pull up chin up bar.
If you have kids get them involved.
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.
As in ridiculously awesome.
Our latest addition to the home gym makeover is this diy pull up bar.
Better yet find your studs and make your rig the right width to correspond with anchoring it to your studs behind the drywall.
Construct the pull up bar as detailed in the photo above square and tighten all connections.
First load up the family for a trip to your local lowes or home depot store.
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.
Home pull up bars these days are far more than just a simple bar across a doorway.
Cut two identical pieces of the 2 4 to the height at which you d like the bar to hang.
Here is a detailed tutorial to make your own.
Here is what i built in my back yard over the past couple weekends.
Today s pull up bars offer variable handholds adjustable placements and versatility that make them a key.
But it took too long to ship to my house.
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Only do this if you know how to embed beefy drywall anchors.
Sometimes homemade is great.
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The second method we re going to talk about is the wall mounted pull up bar.
This example is cut to 18 inches but it will vary depending on ceiling height and personal preference.
A ceiling mounted pull up bar is a perfect addition to a home gym.
How to build a pull up bar.
The bolts go into the wall horizontally but the weight of your body pulls against them vertically.
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.
