Homemade Joist Pull Up Bar

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.

Homemade joist pull up bar. Sometimes homemade is great. 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. I was quickly losing fitness due to the horrible coronav.

In the case of my pull up bar it is ridiculous. 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. See more ideas about pull up bar up bar pull ups. Better yet find your studs and make your rig the right width to correspond with anchoring it to your studs behind the drywall.

Oct 23 2014 ceiling mounted pull up bar a collection of the best ceiling joist beam mounted pull up bars chin up bars. Only do this if you know how to embed beefy drywall anchors. Home pull up bars these days are far more than just a simple bar across a doorway. 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.

Construct the pull up bar as detailed in the photo above square and tighten all connections. But it took too long to ship to my house. 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. I ordered a really expensive 1 1 4 pull up chin up bar.

How to build a pull up bar. A ceiling mounted pull up bar is a perfect addition to a home gym. Our latest addition to the home gym makeover is this diy pull up bar. Cut two identical pieces of the 2 4 to the height at which you d like the bar to hang.

Today s pull up bars offer variable handholds adjustable placements and versatility that make them a key. The second method we re going to talk about is the wall mounted pull up bar. First load up the family for a trip to your local lowes or home depot store. Depending on your set up the attachment to the ceiling may be different.

If you have kids get them involved. Here is what i built in my back yard over the past couple weekends.