Pull-up bar, Part 1 – Watch Your Head
Our initial plan was to construct our pull-up bar outside. A large tree stump planted directly in the spot where we need to drop one of our posts delayed the project. It’s still in the works, more on that in a future post. In the meantime, Eric built a pull-up bar inside the garage.
Materials:
6′, 1″ diameter galvanized pipe, threaded (1)
Floor flanges (2)
2×6″ piece of wood (1)
1/4″ hex bolts, grade 8 (12)
I’ll have Eric add step by step instructions.
The finished product is VERY sturdy. Two people can use the bar at the same time with plenty of space although a user must check the alignment of their head with the floor joists or a kipping pull-up could become a pathway to a concussion. We made the decision to set the pull-up bar close to the ceiling with the idea that our head would kip in between two floor joists to keep our oly platform air space free for overhead barbell work. Plus, this way we can work on accuracy, one of the CrossFit ten general skills, in every WOD that involves pull-ups!
Floor flanges and 4 hex bolts attach the galvanized pipe to the 2x6" piece of wood.
The ceiling joists are spaced two feet apart but the galvanized pipe with flanges didn't quite reach from 2x6" to 2x6". A thin sheet of wood (shown above), about 1/2" in diameter, was secured to the inside of one of the 2x6"s to make up the distance.
Here's the finished product.
