Men or guys want to look good, but this requires spending time and money. Spending time to improve your physical fitness is completely normal, and you can avoid spending money on it if you make sports equipment with your own hands.

Barbell for sports

A sports bar is one of the most important items that is useful for a variety of activities. different exercises. The barbell is also the main object that makes it possible to exercise with heavy weight, and this, in turn, will give results from sports activities. And this result will be much better than from other sports equipment, although other sports items are also very important.

If a person wants to exercise at home, but does not have the equipment for this, then you can make a barbell at home with your own hands and start exercising with barbell exercises.

Making a rod

If the decision to make a barbell has been made, you need to decide on the material that will be the basis for the barbell - this is the most important point. The base for the bar must be strong; you can use metal or wood.

A metal bar will add extra weight, if this is not desired you can use wooden base for the fingerboard. It is important that the diameter of the bar is at least 4 centimeters, otherwise it will be difficult to grasp the barbell.

Material options for a homemade barbell

There are two most simple options materials for the neck, it is iron or wood. WITH wooden base for the bar it is easy to determine, since you can use, for example, an old wooden rake. Advantage this option, there is something that the tree won't add excess weight barbell if not needed.

To turn a rake into a suitable form for a projectile, you need to remove its handle in any suitable way, the main thing is that only one stick remains from it, which will be used as a basis for pancakes. We’ll look at what else you can use to make a barbell and weight plates below.

Another option for the bar could be, for example, a metal rod if you are planning classes with a weight of more than 50 kilograms.

The length of the rod should be 2 meters, and the cross-sectional diameter should be 35 millimeters, this optimal requirements for comfortable exercise. You can also use metal pipe with a diameter of 4 centimeters, but it does not fit well with the large weight of pancakes.

Making weight plates

Making pancakes for the bar is not a difficult task, since even ordinary ones are suitable for pancakes. plastic bottles. These bottles need to be filled with something heavy, it can be cement, sand and stones, and even plain water. What the bottles will be filled with depends only on how much weight is needed, large or not.

You can use 1.5 liter bottles, as well as 2 liter ones, it all depends on the desired weight. To make such pancakes, just fill them with the desired contents, and then put them on the ends of the bar and securely attach them with tape.

Cement pancakes

Here you need more time and patience, you need to find a large container where the cement will be poured, then pour it there and insert the bar at one end. It is advisable to use paint cans. True, the weight of such a barbell is difficult to predict, so this option is suitable only for those who are confident in their abilities and can lift a lot of weight.

When the cement is poured into the container and the bar is inserted into it, you need to create a support for the bar and wait for the cement to completely harden. Optimal time waiting four days. Everything that was written above was best ideas how to make a barbell, as well as these options are easy to implement.

An important element are the racks for the barbell. They are needed to make it more convenient to use. How to make a barbell and a barbell rack with your own hands will be described below point by point.

Materials for making rods and stands

• Wooden or iron base for the fingerboard.
• Plastic bottles for making pancakes.
• Any bottle filler.
• Cement if you need a lot of weight.

To specifically see a homemade barbell, you need to go to any website and look at photos of homemade barbells, this will help you better understand the process of working on the design.

Bar racks

Racks are needed to make it easier to use the barbell, easier to pick it up and put it in place. You can use drawings and dimensions for the bar to understand how much space the entire structure, including the bar racks, can take up.

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Conclusion

You can find many options for materials for the bar and barbell, as well as many options for how to make weight plates, but there are the most simple ways make it happen.

To understand how to do this, just read the instructions on how to make a barbell with your own hands and start working on the design.

It is important to decide on the desires and goals that are set, since this will determine your approach to work. And what materials may be useful.

Photo of a barbell with your own hands

Note!

Note!

Modern life, on the one hand, deprives a person of most natural physical activity; on the other hand, it throws bundles of psychological and emotional loads at him. Therefore, absolutely everyone needs to keep themselves in good, at least physical shape. To the credit of the current generation, we can say that now most people understand: a healthy mind in a healthy body. They also soon begin to understand: physical exercises, dumbbells and wrist expanders are not enough; you need to work more with weights on apparatus and machines, so at least a bench is required.

Not just spirit

A healthy body is also necessary for a developed mind. Physically undeveloped outstanding scientists, engineers, creative intelligentsia, top managers and businessmen are the exception rather than the rule. Leo Tolstoy at 60 was spinning the sun on a horizontal bar. Niels Bohr, the one in school textbooks, was a famous football player who played for the Danish national team. With him, things reached funny points: when Bohr was awarded Nobel Prize, in physics, of course, the Copenhagen “Tagebladette” published a note saying, it’s good, our forward was given a Nobel Prize for football. And a “nerd” in “physics” often turns out to be one in areas of activity that require mental effort.

The abdominal muscles are known to be more difficult to pump than others, because... their ends are not directly connected to the bones. At home, doing abdominal pumping without special equipment, it won’t take long before you get a hernia. Therefore, you need a bench for the press. Structurally, both apparatuses are most often combined into one, with the possibility of conversion for certain sets of exercises.

Sports benches are not technologically complex products. There are enough descriptions of them in RuNet, but more in the spirit of: choose the drawings, and then - this is how you have to saw, pound like this, screw like this. A person who cares about his physical development, as a rule, knows how to operate a tool. But how to choose a prototype so that your training benefits? How to modify it to suit your biomechanics and biometrics? Which sample is more suitable for certain groups of exercises?

This publication is devoted to the questions of how to make an exercise bench in your preferred direction with your own hands using a reasonably chosen model. physical development, and then based on it - a home exercise machine. Those who intend to prove themselves in sports or bodybuilding by working out in it will not be ashamed to come to a well-equipped professional gym. In the meantime, the material is designed for beginner athletes and simply for people who understand: you can and should use the benefits of civilization, but letting them turn you into a twitchy “teapot” or a swollen kettle is wrong.

Note: the problem of home sports activities in Lately becomes more and more acute and in rural areas- “physics” is decreasing there, stress is increasing, and it’s sometimes a long way from a well-equipped gym.

What to choose from

A home bench press bench is most often included in a compact exercise machine or is itself a multifunctional sports equipment. Regular exercisers will probably end up with a simulator, so when choosing a prototype bench, you need to keep in mind what it will acquire later. The most common designs of sports simulators are 4-, 3-, and 2-support. “Support” in this case does not mean the number of points of contact with the floor (usually there are at least 4 of them, for stability), but the number of vertical force connections in the structure; it largely determines the capabilities of the projectile.

4-support projectiles, pos. 1 in Fig., are intended for developed athletes who operate with large, over 100 kg, weights. The racks for the barbell are located in them at the level of the shoulders of the person lying down, which greatly reduces the risk of injury: a barbell collapsing with the bar on the chest is very serious. 4-support exercise machines are heavy, cumbersome, and you can’t exercise with large weights in an apartment: falling on the floor, they give an instant load of 5-8 of their weights, and load bearing capacity floors – 250 kg/sq. m.

For living conditions 3-support exercise machines are designed, simple and with additional levers for weights, leg supports, athletic desks, etc., pos. 2 and 3. To ensure that the bar of the barbell in a 3-support machine also falls at shoulder level, their benches are made to “break”: it is dangerous to pick up the barbell with your hands behind your head. Therefore, in terms of dimensions, 3-support simulators are generally no smaller than 4-support ones, excluding those in which the barbell is taken from the approach, see below. The permissible working weight in 3-support equipment is usually 100-120 kg, including the trainee’s body weight.

A 2-support exercise machine is actually a bench for the press. For different groups of exercises, horizontal and inclined benches are needed, pos. 4 and 5: on a horizontal bench the abs swing, and on an inclined bench the lumbar muscles are also well loaded. A more complex structurally universal bench, pos. 6, serves in both capacities.

Note: You can also do initial sets of hyperextensive exercises on an incline bench, see below.

The most advanced type of sports benches is a transforming bench with a breakable board, the inclination of the parts of which is individually adjustable, pos. 7. The transforming bench can be supplemented with a stand for a block with a load, a desk, pos. 8 and other devices. It makes sense to do one for yourself right away if you have the necessary working skills: then adding a barbell rack to the bench, you get complete analogue 4-support simulator, only for less weight, pos. 9.

Note: common mistake when self-production transformable sports benches - their implementation according to power circuit, as in Fig. on right. When performing exercises, significant forces arise, tending to “spread the bench of the legs,” and the welds turn out to be unreliable. In order for a projectile of this type to become durable, its supporting beams must be connected with a longitudinal beam, or two, from the same pipe.

Special benches

A special type of sports equipment is benches for hyperextensive exercises. Their goal is to achieve slimness and flexibility without excessively building muscle mass. In fact, hyperextension can be done on a large ball, or just on a mat, but the best results are obtained on a special bench.

Benches for hyperextension, due to anatomical and physiological differences, are available for men and women, see fig. A strong Amazon can do hyperextensive exercises on a men’s bench, but for ladies whose goal is to get rid of riding breeches, slender posture and slim stomach, you only need a women's bench for hyperextension, on the left side of the trail. rice. To start getting yourself in order without risking your reproductive health, it’s still better to sit on an inclined bench with a curved board in the center, and for “advanced” beauties to do the press with a load, also sitting on a special bench, on the right.

Note: drawings of a bench for hyperextension with height adjustment are given in Fig. Materials – profile pipe 40x25x2, 35x15x1.5 and round 25x1.5; desk made of plywood 12-14 mm. For desk lining, see below.

About sizes

Here in Fig. The dimensions of 3-support exercise machines for people of average height are given. On the left is a fully functional one with a removable desk, hand and foot levers. The main materials are corrugated pipe 60x40x2 and round pipe 30x2; stop for lifting the board – pipe 20x2. The board is 16 mm plywood with sheathing, as described below.

On the right is a simple compact one. The height of the bench above the floor is selected individually, based on measurements from the heel firmly placed on the floor to the inner bend knee joint. Basic materials as in the previous case; The adjustable rear leg allows you to transform the apparatus for seated exercises. But remember: the barbell from this simulator should only be lifted from the approach!

Various benches

The simplest, but also remarkably durable sports bench, the “Hippolytovka”, can be made according to the drawing in Fig. flooring – durable board from 40 mm. Those who took the young fighter course in the army are well acquainted with it; at least in past times. The “spirits” of the townspeople soon began to look at the Ippolitovka with amazement and apprehension: how many different exercises, it turns out, can be done on it! And it fits perfectly into the 4-support simulator.

On the trail. rice. – inclined bench for the press. Due to its compactness and usefulness, it won’t hurt to have a separate one if there is enough space in your home. Due to the absence of right angles, the material is weaker - 40x40 corrugated pipe. Foot rests – 10 mm rod with threaded ends, rubberized to the right size. The rubber couplings are removable: the lower stop is adjustable, and the top one can be removed if you need to do exercises in which it interferes.

Next in Fig. – compact power bench with racks for barbells. Exercises on it are done mainly while sitting. You can also pump up your abs by deeply arching your back. In this case, the foot rests will be the transverse beam A, and then it needs to be covered with something soft or put on a rubber coupling. The materials are 40x40 corrugated pipe, and the rod holders are made of steel strip with a thickness of 6 mm.

The next example is an athletic bench for strong guys who can confidently handle a barbell of weight equal to their own, the so-called. Scott's desk. The materials, respectively, are corrugated pipe 60x60x2.5 and 50x50x2. The neck holders are made of the same strip as in the previous one. case; seat and table made of plywood from 20 mm.

Several simulators

How to tightly connect a hippolyte bench with a barbell rack, turning it into a fairly compact 4-support exercise machine, is shown on the left in Fig. There on the right are the dimensions and design of the transforming bench for the same frame. The main material here and there is 40x60 corrugated pipe. Let's talk about the rack clamps with rod holders below.

On the trail. rice. – drawings with a bill of material for a simple 3-support stationary non-adjustable exercise machine with a horizontal bench. It is more suitable for private households with sufficient size usable area. The highlight of this design is the connection of the far leg of the bench with its supporting beam with a link at 45 degrees. Thanks to the optimal distribution of operational loads, it was possible to make a projectile on which you can do exercises with weights of more than 100 kg, from a 50x50 corrugated pipe.

Finally, further in Fig. – drawings and specifications of elements for a full-functional home exercise machine with a transforming bench for bench press and abs. Notice the node highlighted in red. This is the simplest and most reliable way to fix barbell racks for use at home. The locking pins (with a diameter of 12 mm or more) will, of course, wear out little by little, but they will never jam or bite.

More about the barbell

As already mentioned, a barbell that is not supported by weight can cause severe injuries, even death. And in such cases it is unrealistic to direct its neck into the holders. But it’s realistic to provide 2 pieces of chain, securely fastened to the rod racks. At the other ends of the chains there are carbines, they are thrown onto the bar. The length of the chain safety links is taken such that, holding the barbell fully outstretched arms, the chains sagged, but the bar of the released bar did not reach the chest. To prevent the carabiners from slipping on the bar, it is enough to tape them with tape. Suddenly the barbell collapses, the tape, of course, won’t hold up, both carabiners will move to one end of the bar, but the result will be fear and, possibly, a broken floor.

About wooden athletic benches

You cannot train with barbells on wooden sports equipment; their design will not hold up. But in situations that arise as a result of the awkwardness of the trainee, wood “radiates” through the body much less sensitively than metal. Therefore, it is preferable for beginners and minors to use wooden benches for bench press and abs. In addition, wooden sports benches and exercise equipment can be built in the country or in country house from leftover building materials.

Sloping design wooden bench for the press and the specifications for it are shown in Fig., and on the next. rice. – drawings of a wooden exercise machine with an inclined bench and a lever for leg exercises with a load. In order for the tree to support operational loads, a block system for hanging loads is used: they hang on the descending branches of cable A. Cross beams B are rubber-coated steel.

About covering boards and seats

Boards and seats of sports equipment industrial production covered with leatherette or plastic for a similar purpose on an elastic lining. Such covering is durable, but does not prevent the reabsorption of sweat, which is in no way beneficial; This is why modern sports uniforms are made in 2 layers, with a mesh that immediately removes sweat directly from the skin.

In gyms, this lack of cladding does not have a noticeable effect, because... the gym is equipped supply and exhaust ventilation(PVV) and air conditioning. At the very least, it should be equipped according to sanitary standards. Exercise at home comfortable temperature It’s not always possible, and it’s simply technically impossible to arrange PVV in many city apartments. Therefore, it is advisable to cover homemade athletic benches in the form of such a “pie”, following from the base outward:

• Microporous rubber with a thickness of 12 mm;
• Furniture foam rubber with density 45 (grade 45) with a thickness of 8 mm;
• Sintepon with a thickness of 7 mm;
• Denim or material like the old-style flannelette soldier's blanket.

The rubber damper is glued to the base with Moment glue or hot glue from a glue gun. The remaining layers of sheathing are folded to the underside and pinned with a furniture stapler. The disadvantage of such cladding is that it needs to be changed once a year, at the end of spring; the rubber layer remains. The soft layers will not harden, perhaps within 3-4 years, but according to sanitary and hygienic requirements, the service life of the textile lining should be reduced to a year.

Bench Press

In this article you can downloadsimulator drawings bench for bench press.Bench Press Bench - the most popular and widespread sports equipment, especially loved by all athletes. When entering the gym, a novice athlete, like many professionals, runs directly to the bench press bench. Of course, its role in building muscle mass is greatly exaggerated and athletes concentrate too much on it, forgetting about other equally important muscle groups, and in fact, more important ones. Such as the muscles of the legs, back, abs and others. However, the bench press bench is my first machine that I have made by hand.

This is what the bench looks like right now. Adjustable backrest with lock, maximum angle of 90 degrees, that is, perpendicular to the horizontal position. Extendable racks that, when the backrest is raised up, allow them to be used as squat racks. On the Internet you can find many simple, basicsimulator drawings , but often its design is already outdated and the drawing contains a minimum of information and data.

At the very beginning, I made a simple version of the Press Bench, without an adjustable back, just with a board upholstered in leatherette and without retractable racks, as well as without bars for push-ups. But later I modified it and improved it.

There are many different types bench presses. Frankly, I had a desire to make a standard bench on four supports with a simple horizontal board, as in many gyms with old, Soviet simulators. Fortunately, there were no problems taking the dimensions of the bench during one of my visits to the gym. In the gym, no one bothers you to redrawsimulator drawings . But after comparison with store option it became clear that the Bench on four supports was very heavy and cumbersome. Therefore, for production we chose a bench on three supports: two at the back - the racks for the barbell itself and one in front - under the seat.

Of course, because the simulator is bulky and heavy, it is no worse than a light and compact one. But nevertheless, many elements of such structures are simply superfluous. Also in most cases gyms for bench presses at an angle, there was always a bench with an inclined board next to it, that is, two benches separately - for two different exercises. This option is well suited for free rooms with a lot of space, but not for a home gym. Therefore, as we have already said, the choice fell on a simpler and more compact modification of the bench press, somewhat similar to this one:

As you can see, the backrest here is adjustable, but the uprights are not retractable. In addition, it is noticeable that the bench is collapsible, it consists of separate profile pipes, which are connected to each other with bolts. This is a less strong and less reliable option than a one-piece, welded structure.

Bench Press Bench

So, the frame of the Bench looks like this.

The entire structure is made of 4x4cm profile pipe. The petals of the racks for the bar are made of a metal strip 4 cm wide. Having clamped the plates cut from the strip in a vice, they need to be bent with hammer blows at the desired angle. Then they are simply placed at the top of the profile pipe of the future racks and welded with a welding machine.

In the end, all that remains is to attach narrow plywood (about 30cm wide) or board to the frame of the bench. To do this, you need to drill three holes for bolts with a diameter of 8mm, as shown in the photo above.

Drawing of the bench press machine:

Attention! IN drawings of the simulator a mistake was made - the distance from the floor to the horizontal surface, length of the supporting profile pipe. It should be 340mm.Simulator drawings updated.

If you need a bench with an adjustable back and retractable racks, read on.

Incline Bench with Simple Adjustable Backrest

First of all, I would like to note that ultimately the Bench Press was modified by us to install the module: “Attachment for legs”. To do this, we replaced the 4x4cm support profile pipe with the same one, only thicker - 5x5cm, so that the attachment could be installed in it.

For further explanations in the photo, we will use this version of the Bench - with a support profile pipe 5x5cm. You can also use simple design described above if you do not plan to install a foot attachment.
So, to install an adjustable backrest and seat, you need to weld an oblong metal ring to the frame of the bench, to which the back and seat will be attached, as shown in the photo below.

There is no need to drill three holes in the bench for the board, since the board will be attached to an adjustable metal structure.

Below in the photo is a bench for bench press with a frame skeleton installed in the same metal ring for an adjustable back and seat. This frame is made from a 2x2cm profile pipe.

In an inclined position, the back of the bench lies on the transverse metal beam, with a diameter of 20-22mm, which is inserted into pre-drilled holes in the bench posts (photo above). There are 4 such holes in one rack, their diameter is 24mm. To ensure exact alignment of the holes, they must be drilled separately on each side, and not through each other. As a result, you will end up with 4 holes in one rack, 8 on both sides, and the same number in the second, together - 16.

You can drill such holes a regular drill, if you do not have a drilling machine. To do this, you need to buy a 24mm metal crown like this. Inside the crown itself is regular drill by 6 or 8mm. First, this drill enters the metal, then the crown removes the chips.

Simulator drawings The Incline Press Bench is the same as the Horizontal Bench (see above), except for the length of the racks, in this case it is 105cm instead of 87cm. Hole spacing for cross beam is 12cm. Distance from horizontal plane benches to the first hole - 8cm.

Why did we call this adjustable backrest simple? Since with this design it has only five positions: lower and four inclined, and the maximum angle of inclination with this design is only 45 degrees. It is no longer possible to raise the back of the bench any higher, since there will be nothing to support it with, and even more so, it is impossible to secure it in a vertically level position, at an angle of 90 degrees.
This problem can be solved by another design for fixing the backrest in an inclined position.

Incline Bench with adjustable backrest and racks

In order for the backrest to rise to a vertically level position, it is necessary to attach it to its middle additional design, which will rest against the bottom of the bench. Drill through holes there is no longer any need for racks, as can be seen in the photo below.

The rod rack holders themselves can be cut down. If you are making a bench from scratch - then just don't weld them to the posts.
Next is the top view. The fastening mechanism is clearly visible.

The additional design contains significantly more holes. Using the fixing pin, you can select the desired angle of inclination. The support can also be moved closer to the base of the backrest, thus increasing the angle of inclination. To keep the support in this position and not move back, you need to drill a hole in the side of the frame itself, into which the pin will go through and fix the support in the desired position.

Drawings of the incline bench press machine:

Attention! IN drawings of the simulator an error was made - the distance from the floor to the horizontal surface and the length of the supporting profile pipe were incorrectly indicated. It should be 330mm for a 50x50mm profile pipe and 340mm for a 40x40mm profile pipe.Simulator drawings updated.

Simple reclining back design
As you can see in the photo below, the structure for a simple inclined bench is connected with a pin, and closed or regular nuts are screwed onto its sides.

Between the large and small frames, thick washers are strung onto the pin on both sides; you need to make them yourself.

Recline frame with supporting structure, dimensions
This element is added to the standard back frame, also fixed on a pin, and clamped with nuts on the sides.

The disassembled structure of the back and support looks like this.

Drawings of the machine: Bench press, backrest frame:

1. Two wide washers, handmade, outer diameter:
20mm, inner: 11mm, thickness: 10mm.
2. Six closed 10mm nuts, simple ones possible.
3. Two pins. Cut from a metal circle with a diameter of 10mm, a length of 180mm, threads on both sides of approximately 15mm.
4. Small pin, made in the same way, length: 100mm.
5. A piece of profile pipe 2x2cm, length: 40mm.

Retractable racks
It should be noted that the use of such a design for tilting the backrest is a necessity for retractable racks, which will be discussed further. If you use the previous scheme, then it will not be possible to install retractable racks, since the transverse beam will interfere with them.
The racks are made from a 3x3cm profile pipe; its size must be selected so that it can fit into load-bearing structure benches. That is, if your bench is made of 5x5cm pipe, then the racks will need to be made of 4x4cm.

In order for them not to wobble, it is advisable to buy prof. pipe 3.5x3.5cm. But metal of such intermediate sizes is not always available at the metal warehouse. The rack holders are made of metal strip according to the same principle as described above for the horizontal bench. The length of the stands is 82cm. The distance between the holes is 15cm, but you can make it smaller, for example 7cm each. The diameter of the holes is 10.5-11mm, for a pin with a diameter of 10mm.

In the photo above, handles are attached to the racks, which replace push-up bars. They are made from a circle with a diameter of 30mm and a length of 14cm (more is possible). Shallow holes of 2-3 cm with a diameter of 8 mm are drilled in the cut beams. A 10mm thread is cut into them using a tap. In the racks themselves at the top you need to drill a hole for the bolt, as shown in the photo. All that remains is to take a 10mm bolt 4-5cm long, a washer for it, insert it into drilled hole and screw the handle onto it.

Back upholstery
All that remains is to cut out the plywood and cover it with leatherette. Plywood thickness 8-12mm. In the photo below the plywood is covered with paint bottom side. If you want to make a regular horizontal bench without an adjustable back, then the plywood in this case should be solid from one rectangle.

In principle, at first, even an unnecessary door to the bathroom left after renovation will do. The author, when making his first bench press bench, did just that, until a full-fledged backrest was made from plywood - he really wanted to quickly test the machine in practice.

Four holes with a diameter of 8 mm are drilled in small and large plywood. From the top side, special nuts with teeth for wood are driven into them, as in the photo below. In total you need to buy eight pairs: a bolt + a nut, the length of the bolt is 30mm, the diameter of the bolt and nut is 8mm.

Drawings of the exercise machine Press bench, board:

Next, we cut out leatherette or thin carpet fabric with scissors, preferably, of course, ordinary leatherette, which, for example, is used to sheathe metal armored doors. For small plywood you need to cut a piece measuring 44x32cm, for large plywood the length is 92cm, width on the narrow side: 29cm, on the wide side: 33cm.

Next, using a knife-blade, we cut out the foam rubber according to the size of the plywood, the height of the foam rubber is 2 cm, you can buy it at a hardware store or at the market.
We hammer nuts with teeth into the holes, lubricate the plywood with Moment glue around the perimeter and in the center (optional) so that the foam does not move out when upholstered with fabric.

We put foam rubber on top and leatherette on top (fabric is shown here in the photo, since the last time the back was re-upholstered with fabric instead of leatherette).

The most difficult thing here is to sheathe the corners. Although in reality the process is simple, first we wrap one side of the corner - we punch it, then the other.

Large and small plywood sheathed around the perimeter. Time spent: 5 min.

As a result, we get these two soft backs.
All that remains is to place the trimmed back and seat on metal structure, which we described above and secure with bolts

This is what the structure looks like from below, with the seat raised. There is a felt square in the middle to get rid of metallic knocking when lowering the bench to a horizontal position.

The main thing is that the holes in the board coincide with the holes in the metal frame of the bench. If you did everything according to our drawings, then there will be no difficulties with this. The same applies to the back of the exercise machine; it is secured with four bolts.

From the very beginning, for the Home Gym we wanted to make a machine like this with safety nets on the sides. In this case, you can perform the exercises yourself, with heavy weights without outside help. At the same time, you feel more confident, because you know that the bar will not fall below the side bars.

But after we made the Power Frame, the need for such a machine was no longer necessary, since the Power Frame allows you to achieve the same result if you slide a regular bench press inside.

The article “” has already described in detail the process of how to make a bench press with a stand for a 2-in-1 barbell at home. That is, the stand itself (stand) and the bench for the press are one whole. This is the simplest option, not taking into account the possibility of not doing a rack at all and putting the barbell on the floor between approaches, which is very inconvenient and difficult, especially without a partner.

Here we will consider another option for what a homemade bench press can be. This time we will show you how to make barbell racks with adjustable height and separate from the bench. Plus, this bench press bench according to the drawing will be equipped with a leg grip tube, which will make it possible to use it for various other exercises, for example, pumping the abs or performing triceps extensions.

In principle, everything can be freely combined and your homemade bench press bench can be at least one with a stand (2 in 1) with adjustable height, or vice versa - in separate parts with fixed and non-changeable height. It can also contain a tube for gripping with legs, or be without it. But it’s up to you to decide, but now look at what should happen in this option (Fig. 1): Fig. 1. Homemade bench bench press and barbell rack with adjustable height

Homemade Bench Press Bench

In the figure, the upper number indicates the part number in the table, and the lower number indicates the number of such parts. Of course, the covers for the pipes are far from the most necessary part here and you can do without them.

This homemade bench requires approximately 3.2 m of square profile steel pipe- This is the most expensive part of it. The fastenings with which the board is attached can be made simpler (Fig. 3).

Rice. 3. Simplification of fastening

This simplified mount simply needs to be attached through the 2 middle holes to the pipe, having also drilled it beforehand accordingly. Now, let's move on to how to make a homemade bench press barbell rack with adjustable height (Fig. 4). Rice. 4. Drawing of a homemade barbell stand

It’s similar here - the top number denotes the part itself, and the bottom number to which it is attached. As for the rectangular profile pipes, which are shown in the figure, it will be much easier to find them with a metal thickness of exactly 2 or 3 mm than 2.6. It is advisable to use 3 mm for reliability; the difference in price will be approximately 1 USD. more expensive per meter, but you need less than 1.5 m of them for both homemade rod racks. The main load will still fall on square pipes, and it’s worth trying to find them with a metal thickness of more than 4 mm, although they are more often found with a thickness of 3.

Holes for wedges can be drilled according to the drawing below for each of the pipes (Fig. 5 and 6). Rice. 5. Holes in outer pipe Rice. 6. Holes in the inner tube

As you can see, only 2 holes are made in the outer pipe (40 x 40mm), and 8 in the inner one. But their diameter, as well as the distance between them, is no longer so significant. Here it is already possible to do it differently (fewer holes in the inner pipe or a larger diameter), but it is important that the diameter of the holes for reliability is not less than that in the drawing. And if, for simplicity, we fix the height of the rod stands with one wedge on each, then it is desirable that the thickness of the holes, like the wedges, be at least 2 times greater. In this case, of course, it is not necessary to make 2 holes in the outer pipes. Rice. 7. Wedge drawing

The wedges, of course, for convenience, can be made thicker and one for each rack, and not 2, as in the drawing. But if you make them from a nail, which is probably the easiest way, then you can choose 200 weave. There will be a thickness of 6 mm, as in the drawing, and the length will be enough. But in this case, it is better that each homemade barbell rack contains 2 such wedges. If you want to use one at a time, then choose something thicker.

As for the holders, you can make them as in the drawing (Fig. 8). But for simplicity, you can replace them with stags welded from thick steel reinforcement in the form of the letters “Y” or “U”. But if you have a sheet from which you can cut, of course, it’s easier to do so. Rice. 8. Drawing of a rod holder.

How to make the barbell itself or learn in more detail about all the other parts involved in this version of a homemade bench press and barbell racks can be found in the above-mentioned article “”. Where is the easiest way to find materials and what other simulators are worth making for home gym find out in the article “

The stand is not collapsible, adjustable in height, has an H-shape, and is stable. In general, come in, look at the photos, read, at the end, as usual, there is a video, you can watch it, if you are interested, you also need dimensions, write comments, I will definitely answer.

Hi all! In this article I will describe the process of how my brother and I made a “Barbell Rack” with our own hands.
As always, we don't have new material, so making the bottom stand was not quick. I wanted to highlight that the project is not complicated:

The main material was F57 pipe;
- also some F40 pipe;
- iron sheet 6mm thick;
- Rod Ф10mm - 20cm;
- An iron strip is usually used as grounding.

In the photo, as you have already noticed, I prepared our pipe blanks.

Please note that on a pipe with a diameter of F57 I cut out such a galley. Why did I do this? Good question, to which there is a simple answer. For a larger area of ​​contact with the pipe on T-shaped inserts, this is simply an irreplaceable cutout.

We assemble our blanks by welding and get something like this H-shape. And let's call it the lower part of our rack. And so we collected bottom part, now we need to refine the welding areas. We remove all uneven welding and slag, clean it and grind it a little. One note: do not get carried away with cleaning the weld seam, as this will weaken the seam, which is unacceptable for this rack. The stand must be durable and withstand heavy loads.

Well, this grinder is noisy and keeps ringing in my ears)), I had to buy headphones, which I always ignored and thought it was a cheap show off*, I admit, I was wrong and have corrected myself))

When I bought it, I felt all the charm of working with an angle grinder.

These are the hooks I ended up with. The most important thing is the thickness of the iron and for us it is 6mm. The shape of the hooks can be different, it all depends on your imagination, just do not forget about the strength - this is your safety in the future.

We welded our hooks and in my opinion it turned out not bad, but most importantly it was durable.

Let's move on to the upper part of our rack; it is adjustable in height, which also increases the number of exercises, that is, such as squats, soldier presses, presses in the lower position, at an angle, and so on...

We used the F-40 pipe so that it fits into the F-57 pipe without much effort.

On the top part we attached a rocker like this, one part of which was cut off. When making this rocker, you need to know the diameter of your neck, that is, you need to take into account that the neck is free (not pinched) in the lower position.

To fix the position we need, we need to make holes in the bottom of the rack and in the top. We used drills with a diameter of Ф10 mm. The number of holes depends on what level, that is, height, we need the bar, in my case I was lucky because I only have two of them)).

Having drilled it out, we assemble them in place and get this wonderful rack for the barbell.

Then we need to betray more beautiful view clean from rust, corrosion, old paint, then we sand it a little and prepare it for painting. We try to do it according to technology: first we degrease our stand, then apply primer and after a while, when the primer has dried, we will need to apply paint. I used this primer and paint.

Tadam!!! This is what happened after our efforts, don’t judge strictly.