DIY Homemade Squat Rack and Plyo Box
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RE: DIY Homemade Squat Rack and Plyo Box - 4/19/2008 9:04:11 PM
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kingyoto
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I like your rack. hahaha I was the first to say it.
btw how much weight will that really hold?
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RE: DIY Homemade Squat Rack and Plyo Box - 4/19/2008 10:45:19 PM
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I like your rack. hahaha I was the first to say it.
btw how much weight will that really hold?
I know it'll hold 315-365 and if I put a metal bracket down in the dip I'm sure it'll hold well over 400.
Edit: The thing with individual stand is when it starts to get really top heavy is when it gets risky so if I were to lift that much (I'm not) I would need bigger buckets/more concrete or some type of bracing to keep it from tipping.
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RE: DIY Homemade Squat Rack and Plyo Box - 4/20/2008 11:17:31 AM
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that is perhaps the simplest and most effective homemade rack I have seen so far
it looks like you just used 2x4s of various length to create the bar rests, am I right?
I very well may do this myself
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RE: DIY Homemade Squat Rack and Plyo Box - 4/20/2008 12:22:42 PM
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that is perhaps the simplest and most effective homemade rack I have seen so far
it looks like you just used 2x4s of various length to create the bar rests, am I right?
I very well may do this myself
Yes from back to front they go 58", 52, 54, 36, 38. Set in 5 gal buckets with 50lb quick set concrete. I used 2 1/2" screws and layered them screwing 2 boards together at a time. I don't know if you can see in the pic but I drew lines on the sides to show where the screws are as I layered. You could also lag or bolt them as well.
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RE: DIY Homemade Squat Rack and Plyo Box - 4/20/2008 1:29:53 PM
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That's pretty cool, veyr innovative.
I wouldn't reccomend lags though, simply because the wood could split.
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RE: DIY Homemade Squat Rack and Plyo Box - 4/20/2008 1:33:47 PM
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That's pretty cool, veyr innovative.
I wouldn't reccomend lags though, simply because the wood could split.
If you do a small predrill and soap the lag you shouldn't have that problem. There are tons of options for putting it together.
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RE: DIY Homemade Squat Rack and Plyo Box - 4/20/2008 4:45:32 PM
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That's pretty cool, veyr innovative.
I wouldn't reccomend lags though, simply because the wood could split.
If you do a small predrill and soap the lag you shouldn't have that problem. There are tons of options for putting it together.
I've seen it happen . But looking at it again, that's a pretty brilliant design. When I tried to make one, I made it out of metal, and made it similar to how a normal squat rack looks, and it broke.
This idea seems solid, as long as you don't use too much weight.
Also, are you going to chain it down or anything? I could see a possibility of moving forward too much and knocking one of them down, that would be terriibly troublesome.
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RE: DIY Homemade Squat Rack and Plyo Box - 4/20/2008 5:38:07 PM
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Yea that's what I was saying earlier as you get up in weight and it gets more top heavy one would need a larger base or to tack bracing to it. I'll brace it if I feel it's getting a little wobbly but for now it holds up fine. It rocks a little but I'd have to try to knock one over.
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RE: DIY Homemade Squat Rack and Plyo Box - 4/20/2008 5:45:17 PM
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so wait let me get this straight, you are good at wood working and craftmanship, you are fit and sexy... what else can you do? lol
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RE: DIY Homemade Squat Rack and Plyo Box - 4/21/2008 2:15:33 PM
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Lags?
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I posted it to give other people who workout at home an idea for a rack. If you're afraid of the shear on lags then use a different fastener. 
i should just join a gym. 
