Going to build an outdoor pull-up bar at my house in the near future...

[Dontevenguess93]

I will update when I am done. This is what I have in mind.

This whole thing should run under $100 bucks.

There are many things on a bar I am looking to further develop and become more dexterous in. I find that doing it in the gym often interferes with my other resistance training. In addition, my gym is 10 miles away from my house so I don't want to make a separate trip there to work on it separately. Where I live, even in a beachside town, none of the two dozen parks near me have a pull-up bar. So this is my last resort.

I am looking forward to it and will update my progress and completion.

 

[justblaze717]

Good luck post pix when done. Should cost way less than $100.

 

[Dontevenguess93]

Good luck post pix when done. Should cost way less than $100.

Well what I am thinking is I want to use four 4x4s instead of two. I want to set them up in a square formation and have four separate bars that link them to each other. This way I could have variety in using different width bars and at different heights as well.

 

[Senzo Tanaka]

It may look like a gimmick but these are fantastic...

They don't mess up your door, are very stable and it takes seconds to put up and put down.

 

[ripskater]

Very cool. I wish I had one. I have a door thingy. You can't do as much on it though.

 

[Dontevenguess93]

It may look like a gimmick but these are fantastic...

They don't mess up your door, are very stable and it takes seconds to put up and put down.

The only reason I don't want one of those is because you can't do muscle ups on them.

 

[DrBdan]

Those doorway pull-up bars are good but only work if you have simple trim around your doors. If you have something fancier it's a no go. My house has something like the pictures below and it doesn't work.

Having your own mini jungle gym in your backyard would be cool. Definitely post pics TS.

 

[Ethan]

I love my doorway pull-up bar. I use it for band attaching too, in 30 seconds you have a makeshift cable station for face pulls or shoulder dislocations.

That said, backyard pull up square is much cooler.

 

[JRT6]

You could do a 4x4 rack for well under $50-

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Unbranded-4-in-x-4-in-x-12-ft-2-Pressure-Treated-Timber-4230254/100073070

 

[usmctanker242]

Highly recommend 6x6 instead of 4x4. My last year in the Marine Corps I was with my S-4 shop (In charge of building maintenance/upkeed) and I had to build pull-up bars all around our new building. 4x4 worked, but 6x6 was much better and lasted much longer.

When you dig down ensure you don't just dig a hole big enough for the post; make sure to leave a good amount of room for the concrete. Also, at the bottom of your hole, dig down and out away from where the post will go. This way when it gets cold (not sure if it ever freezes in Palm Beach though) the frost layer won't be able to move the post.

 

[48mpg]

i got one just like the pic in the back yard. and in PBC Fl too. Where in Palm Beach are you?

used 4x4.

i'd suggest embedding them in at least 3' and like usmctanker suggested, dig the holes a bit wider at the bottom so you get a good concrete base in there to resist any uplift. compact the sand as best you can too, it will help keep the post solid. use some water with the sand to help it out. dry sand doesnt pack well.

make sure you tighten up your bars soon after putting the posts up. as they dried out, mine twisted some. the bars will hold them in place.

 

[JRT6]

I'm going to build one with a base so I can put it in my garage. I'm going to put a dip station on it too.

 

[Dontevenguess93]

i got one just like the pic in the back yard. and in PBC Fl too. Where in Palm Beach are you?

used 4x4.

i'd suggest embedding them in at least 3' and like usmctanker suggested, dig the holes a bit wider at the bottom so you get a good concrete base in there to resist any uplift. compact the sand as best you can too, it will help keep the post solid. use some water with the sand to help it out. dry sand doesnt pack well.

make sure you tighten up your bars soon after putting the posts up. as they dried out, mine twisted some. the bars will hold them in place.

Thanks that's very helpful. I'm in jupiter.

 

[Fiction1982]

For $96 you could of just bought a Stamina 1690 Power Tower from Amazon. It works great for dips and pull ups.

 

[monkeyrhythm]

For $96 you could of just bought a Stamina 1690 Power Tower from Amazon. It works great for dips and pull ups.

That doesn't look like it would be very stable for muscle ups.

 

[JRT6]

How are you doing the bar and what kind? I was thinking just drilling holes and putting an extra long bar through them but you said you need the bar to add rigidity to counter warping.

 

[JRT6]

Ross has the set up I want. I have the trees but none of them are paired up like this:

 

[Oblivian]

Bunch of Palm Beachers in here huh? I lived in Wellington for quite a while. I used to play baseball in Jupiter all of the time. They had some really nice fields.

 

[SMillard]

Ross has the set up I want. I have the trees but none of them are paired up like this:

that's because Ross probably uprooted the trees with his bare hands and put them where he wanted them.

One tip TS, check construction sites and ask if they have any extra materials, or even go to demolition sites. I wish people would come ask me for any wood debris on projects, disposal prices have gone up. I'm down in Davie, oddly have pull up bars at three little neighborhood parks within a few blocks of my house. Actually considered that when I was buying the house, "how well are the parks equipped"

 

[48mpg]

How are you doing the bar and what kind? I was thinking just drilling holes and putting an extra long bar through them but you said you need the bar to add rigidity to counter warping.

I used some threaded pipe from Home Depot with these at the ends

you can get a custom cut length of pipe and have them thread it in the store but I think they have pre-threaded 5' lengths, which is what I used.

If you are going with 4 posts and 4 bars, all bolted in, it should be really solid.

If you just put a long bar through holes in the posts, the bar would spin.