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Hey All,
Normally I do my workouts at the fire station gym (being retained with FRNSW means I can!) but I'm on annual leave for 2 weeks so not allowed to...
So I figured I'd finally spend the money and build myself a new home gym, to replace my old one which was falling apart due to soaking in dampness all year around.
All up the cost was about $180 from Bunnings:
4x 400x250 carinya 'stay brackets' - $9.80 each
4x 150x120 light carinya 'stay brackets' - $2.90 each
2x packets of 60mm self-drilling treated pine screws
2x carinya 'angle brackets' - $1.70 each
10x 200x50mm 1.8m treated pine sleepers - $8.44 each
2x 200x50mm 1.2m treated pine sleepers - $4.88 each
6x 1.5"x3"x2.4m posts - $2.75 each
I already owned the small bolts I used on the squat rack brackets, but add a couple more dollars for those. I also used a hammer to snap off the ends of screws sticking too far through the pullup bar and squat rack posts, since I really didn't want to go up the street for a third time today
I will probably replace the pullup bar posts with better quality, less flexible ones eventually, but these should do for now. I've done a few pullups - kipping and strict and it's stable, a little side to side movement on the kips but that's all. I'm also not happy with how I've anchored the pullup bar itself as I think the nails will probably eventually snap so I'm just trying to think of a way to lock it more effectively. I'm thinking something to do with hose clamps and an anchor point will work and be cheap.
New Home Gym Photos by davidparta | Photobucket
Normally I do my workouts at the fire station gym (being retained with FRNSW means I can!) but I'm on annual leave for 2 weeks so not allowed to...
So I figured I'd finally spend the money and build myself a new home gym, to replace my old one which was falling apart due to soaking in dampness all year around.
All up the cost was about $180 from Bunnings:
4x 400x250 carinya 'stay brackets' - $9.80 each
4x 150x120 light carinya 'stay brackets' - $2.90 each
2x packets of 60mm self-drilling treated pine screws
2x carinya 'angle brackets' - $1.70 each
10x 200x50mm 1.8m treated pine sleepers - $8.44 each
2x 200x50mm 1.2m treated pine sleepers - $4.88 each
6x 1.5"x3"x2.4m posts - $2.75 each
I already owned the small bolts I used on the squat rack brackets, but add a couple more dollars for those. I also used a hammer to snap off the ends of screws sticking too far through the pullup bar and squat rack posts, since I really didn't want to go up the street for a third time today
I will probably replace the pullup bar posts with better quality, less flexible ones eventually, but these should do for now. I've done a few pullups - kipping and strict and it's stable, a little side to side movement on the kips but that's all. I'm also not happy with how I've anchored the pullup bar itself as I think the nails will probably eventually snap so I'm just trying to think of a way to lock it more effectively. I'm thinking something to do with hose clamps and an anchor point will work and be cheap.
New Home Gym Photos by davidparta | Photobucket