How I Made This All-In-One Home Gym For Cheap | DIY Power/Squat Rack & Homemade Cable Pulley System
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- #How I Made This All In One Home Gym For Cheap | DIY Home Gym & Homemade Cable Pulley System
In this DIY home gym video, I take you through the entire build & process. This gym is not only super functional but also affordable at only about $275.
It's great having a gym in my own home, it makes it so easy to stay committed to working out every week.
I hope you enjoyed the video, and if this video provided you with any value or entertainment please leave a like and subscribe to my channel. All the best.
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There is definitely studs on the bottom....actually the same studs as on the top, they run all the way from the floor to the ceiling.
Eine gute Arbeit von einem guten Mann! Viele Grüße aus Deutschland 👍🍀
Great job! As good as any gym equipment. Congrats and thank´s for sharing...
Really nice work! I do a lot of DIY projects so I can appreciate the level of detailing that went into building your power rack.
Thanks a lot! Yeah it’s a lot of work but worth it.
Wow, great work!!!
Great stuff man
I enjoy seeing how others put together their racks. Have a great day mate and the build looks very good. Stay well from another garage gym lifter
Garage Gym - Laird Ross thanks brother I appreciate that. Have a great day
@@nikoscarpentry welcome mate, stay well
That’s pretty awesome good job… wow I like it a lot …
Wow you are so handy
Best value home gym
Thank you!
Awesome build.
Awesome dude. Well done and looks amazing.
Thanks so much!
Awesome bro.....I like it 👍
Don't know what paint you used, but truck bed liner would be great for this application. I've been thinking about building something like this for outdoors. Pretty cool!
Simply genius🤩
Thank you!!
thanks for posting
Thanks for watching!
this is mazing ! you deserve way more subscribers for this. This is going to save me tons of space and money
Thank you!!
It's a awsome project.
Thanks man!
Great work!!!
Thank you!
Looks solid! How often do you hit your head on the ceiling when doing pull ups? Looked pretty close in the video! If you could do it again would you lower the bar so your head wasn't so close?
great work man, looks doable specially if you have the tools and the help
You only really need saw and a drill
I like the pulley setup
Well done dude!
Thanks dude!
Brilliant
Great job well done
Thank you!
did great!
Thank you!
Super video
Solid build man, love the pulley system!
I ran into the same issue with the post spacing when I was making my folding rack. Ending up catching it before I drilled anything in, but still such a headache when you have to go back to the drawing board haha.
Yeah aha it sucked, but it was so worth it, still going strong and the cables are even smoother now.
Really amazing
Thanks!!
Great work :)
Thank you!
Nice build homie 🤘🏼
Thanks a lot 🤟🏼🤟🏼
Great video my friend, nice poley system, greetings from México
Thank you Jesus! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Looks decent mate! Good work
Thank you!
This lad will never struggle finding work. Very handy. And I bet his parents are really proud of him. Good lad.
Great job dude! Hope it's still going strong :)
yeah man, still perfect, pulleys and lines are worn in and working even better now.
Doing it is easy, it is about finding the right tools! Great Job!
Your head almost touched the ceiling while you were doing pull ups. Hope it isn't a problem for you. Btw.. that's a very handy diy home gym set up.. Well done.. 👍
Nice job!
Thanks!
Very Impressive
Thank you!
I CAN ONLY THINK OF TERMITES , OTHERWISE THE DESIGN IS EXCELLENT ...
Great job. I built one in 2016, and it's still used 5 days a week now. I would change out from using wood dowl for your pulley system and hopefully the pulley you're using are ballbearing. The pulley bar can be had for cheap, or even made from steel or iron bar just as you did for the pull-up bar. For ballbearing pulley you can use a garage door pulley. As you get stronger, you will use more weight and find these suggestions (hopefully) helpful.
Thank you, and thanks for the tips!!
Sure metal is stronger.
Wood is pretty strong though if you don't drill a hole in it. I used some climbing rope tied into a loop with double fisherman's and then used cow hitch multiple turns for a high pulley bar.
As far as strength I used a dowel, 2" closet rod of wood for several years for pull ups at a 225# body weight. No holes were drilled it it, I used knots and hung it from ceiling.
Yes I've seen pipe drilled with eye bolt used successfully too and of course it's stronger.
I feel if he can hang from his handle ( attached to pull up bar )
then it's probably strong enough.
I do feel not drilling a hole in it would have been better though.
He has no leg hold down so he won't be pulling more than his body weight from high pulley
so hanging from it is a valid test,
tie it to pull-up bar, maybe do some pull ups... don't bend your knees back, be ready to fall, not on your knee caps.
If it holds your weight I think you are probably good but don't sue me, my suggestions are for entertainment purposes only!
I accept no liability and you should get an engineer's stamp!
As of course you should for your rack. I leave it to you...
This guy deserves a thousand subscribers
Thanks brother
Yourwelcome , That is true
8:33 I looked away and heard that sound and I thought I misclicked a Hafthor video intro ...lol
Great video and great work, very helpful. What was the original length of your pull up bar before you cut it down?
Thanks! It was 36".
This is my favourite rack build - I don't have the space for a full Buff Dudes power rack setup either so definitely will be borrowing some ideas from this
That's great to hear! Thank you
Great build man. I have been planning something similar for over a month now. Quick question - Is that a dry wall that you have mounted everything on? Is drywall strong enoughh to hold this kinda thing for long?
Use a stud finder and drill into studs you can't just drill into drywall. On the bottom panel, I had to use drywall anchors because there were no studs for some reason.
Had the same exact problem when I put my bar up to it was extremely frustrating
Yeah man it happens to the best of us 😂
Great job! Are the galvanized pipe bars used 1" or 3/4" ?
1”
Looks great! Some advice it looks like you have the cable clamps on backwards. "Never saddle a dead horse" so the saddle shouldn't be on the short part of the cable loop.
Don't want it slipping when you get super jacked! Lol
Thanks a lot I'll definitely fix that. Thank you for the advice.
No studs for the bottom stringer?
That doesn't sound like it's up to code for the home construction... Are the "upper" studs floating?
Could you list out the components you bought to make this thanks
Great work! What type of wood did you use?
Thanks! I used dimensional spruce some so 2x6s and 2x8s
What could i replace steel wire with? Is nylon alr
Nice. Great Video (23 dislikes???)
Hey do you have by any means the name of the ending song ?
Great build btw
Kermode by Tigerblood Jewel, thanks a lot man
Nice build, nicer than many I've seen.
A question, are you able to do crossovers without the cable rubbing on the wood?
I built mine based off the buff dudes power rack and added cables on top for cross overs. From what I seen they do rub on the frame and it's not smooth.
@@reygarza4030 Take a look at this pulley system: m.th-cam.com/video/ClfftecMCkg/w-d-xo.html
Personally I think rope from REI and pulleys from REI might be better and easier to work with.
What is length of small piece and big piece
Niko, good job! Really good job.Awesome.
But i have one small objection))) The wood is not quite suitable material for gym tools. It's elastic and weak for powerful tensions and hits. The joining can become loose. I saw you have welding machine. You can weld a real professional gym tool
Yeah you’re right. But I don’t wanna spend too much on it.. I’ve been using it everyday for about 2 months now and no issues with joinery, I’ve been keeping an eye on it. My brother and I may eventually make one with steel but for now it’s been great.
@@nikoscarpentry you r the Best!)))
Михаил Топорков miss you buddy!
Cover your j cups with nylon tubing to protect your bar
Thanks for the tip!
@@nikoscarpentry no problem, great set up you have there
Dammi my friend, I can’t understand you didn’t even think about how far apart were you going to put the main pillars.. nice build and nice video, I can see your effort in film everything, for the build the best benefit that I see is the low price and simplicity, but that cable system.. I never saw anything worst.. My diy cable system has some very stable bolted pulleys, for 8 euros each, the weighs are going nowhere! Only in a straight line up and down, yours are almost hitting the wall at anytime, easy fix!
Thanks for the comment, I couldn’t find any bolted pulleys for that cheap. I just wanted to keep costs low. I haven’t had any issues.
@@nikoscarpentry it's funny how in italy we have the opposite problem, we only habe the bolted ones.. anyway i just think that is worth the added cost for a much smoother experience, mine has almost no lateral swing at all (with 2.5inch diameter fixed pulley)
@@Yosomy yeah I’m sure it’s worth it. Maybe I’ll add some new pulleys on it eventually.
Add some bands to the loading straps and the weight won’t sway that much.
Thanks for the tip!
Are you able to do crossovers without the cable rubbing on the wood?
I also wondered.
What would be the point of two high pulleys if you couldn't though?
I think you need a beam to put distance between pulleys.
Take a look at this pulley system: m.th-cam.com/video/ClfftecMCkg/w-d-xo.html
Personally I think rope from REI and pulleys from REI might be better and easier to work with.
I'm not talking about hardware store rope I'm talking about static climbing rope.
Nice but you have to make a hole in the ceiling as a place for the head when doing pull ups.
good ole American know how
You look like paulo dybala
0:10 bonk ... bonk
Rouge called they want their set up back
I'm going to be designing and making my own power rack soon! I have a couple questions. First, do you like using the pipe + flange + end cap as your J-Cup? I'm not sure whether I should go with a simpler solution like that one, or design my own out of wood. Second, do the legs of your power rack rest fully on the floor or are they floating? I want to make one that folds up against the wall, and I'm considering using furniture feet that can lift off the ground so I don't scrape the floor as I fold it up. I like the designs of your accessories! Great build!
Thanks Kevin! Yeah, the pipe j-cups are perfect and stronger than anything you can make out of wood, so I'd go that route. The legs rest on the floor yes.
@@nikoscarpentry glad to hear you like them! I guess I was more envisioning something that's a mix of wood and pipes for the J cups, so that the barbell doesn't hit metal on metal. Something like in this video: th-cam.com/video/Pz7gc5VVKMg/w-d-xo.html
@@KevinKampen Oh okay I see. Looks like a good idea. What's your concern with metal on metal?
@@nikoscarpentry I think scratches would be inevitable. And while that isn't a huge problem, I think I'd still like to avoid it if possible. The more major concern would be if either the pipes or the bar got a dent, potentially compromising the structural integrity. But I assume that would only happen if a heavy enough weight was slammed down on the pipes. Unlikely to happen, but still something that worries me. With wood being a softer material, that will definitely dent first
@@KevinKampen yeah that method you showed me looks like it would be easy enough. I’d go with that
Did you bolted it to the drywall ??
No just of the bottom 2 pieces because the studs stopped there for some reason. The 2 top pieces are in studs.
What does the name of pulley wire you use?
Vinyl Coated aircraft cable
Very Talented. Do you have a Tik Tok. If not, you need one to show your talent.
Talent on TikTok? lol
@@stadtjer689 like I said" Talent "
do you have the plans for this
I do not:/ I just kind of winged it to be honest with you
Do yo own all these tools or did you rent them?
I own all of them. But you can do this all with a drill. You can do it with a 4x4 and get them cut to your lengths at a lumber store. For the pull up bar you just need do get a length that will work for your bar. I just bought the wrong one initially so we needed to weld it.
@@nikoscarpentry Thank you, brother!
TERMITES !!!!
With all these tools and machines. How can you call this homemade?
I made it at my home...
@@nikoscarpentry dude great work... Its a joke actually...
I'm from Africa we don't have all those machineries at home...
Respect!
@@fatboyslymShaddy many people in the 'Western world' have such tools at home :)
Why didn't you screw up the pulleys instead of hanging them.... Look how much the weight swings on pulleys
Because I bought pulleys that can’t be mounted to save some money. A little bit of swing doesn’t bother me. Maybe in the future I will buy some pulleys that can be mounted.
To have a home GYM, I need a home 0.0 ....
You could have done a nice stain. Would have been even cooler.
yeah, that would have been cool
Probably cost the same as a steel rack 🤷♀
2 getto lolz... u put on 2 x 45plates each side and the thing collapses haha. safety issue at the bottom, doesn't look too secure those poles
Form could be better, but great effort overall.
Now how many people own power tools? Should of done it old school by handsaw
Ahaha yeah I just don’t have that kind of time
Wanna get even more cheaper? You can use sand and plastic bottle 😁
No
Now that it's built you should have time to work on squatting to depth
welder? OMG, cut and re-thread that pipe, home depot will do it for free. can DIY at home with a pipe threader, easy enough.
I have a welder so it was more convenient than taking the trip..
You've placed multiple comments criticizing him and his build. There's always a guy like you.
All that time and effort and you could have just bought the correct size lumber. Time equals money and you wasted more time glueing, cutting and routing than just buying the proper materials up front. Carpenters don’t do glue 1x4s together to make 2x4s when building houses, you shouldn’t gamble on it either if you’re building a squat rack
At my home depot a 4x4x8 spf is a special order, a special order during lockdown isn’t something I wanted to wait for. Took an extra hour, didn’t mind it at all. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
2 1x4's laminated together are stronger than 1 2x4 board, may not matter in building a frame for a house that gets a lot of stuff added to it like sheeting, but in this case I actually think it was a better way to do it
@@RobbertVanBobbert this is not engineered lumber, this is glued and screwed together. There’s no way you can compare this to engineered lumber. I’ve seen that stuff destroy standard saw blades in a days work. This ain’t it chief
spaced too far apart! lol. good gawd. measure twice...
Mistakes happen buddy. Thanks for the advice.
I did it with the woodglut plans.