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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by UnequalExchange@lemmy.world to c/fitness@lemmy.world

I need a pull up station, NOT a pull up bar, because I plan on doing bodyweight dead lifts in the middle of summer AND winter and jungle gyms just dont cut it in the fall and winter obviously. Im only 5’9 and Im in toronto if that helps.

Any ideas please? Could I just go to like a landfill and pick up some discarded metal bars and like get them welded together? Or do I just buy one of those big coat racks and remove the wheels on the legs and weld on a steel platform for each of the legs??

Thanks to anyone who answers.

Edit: oh sorry forgot to add that I live in an apartment so I cant screew in anything cause its illegal . also those pull up bars that use thresholds to stay put are also not enough for me because I plan on doing some absolutely looney stuff on that pull up station lol.

and by Bodyweight Deadlifts I mean this: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/SjqhGRQcMJE

I also plan on doing this: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/EVCeuFlBRHc though I have no idea what the exercise is called but FlexyDave showed it to me and I fell inlove with it. And Ill even be swinging while Im upside down like that. AND Ill be doing abdominal curls or 'upside down sit-ups' (if thats what theyre called) as Im upside down like that.

And Muscle Ups.

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[-] shittydwarf@piefed.ca 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

1 inch threaded black iron pipe. One long piece, two 90 degree elbows, two short pieces, two flanged ends to screw into the ceiling joists

This was heavy enough for me to do pull-ups with weights attached to my belt 300lbs total

[-] UnequalExchange@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

oh sorry forgot to add that I live in an apartment so I cant screew in anything cause its illegal . also those pull up bars that use thresholds are also not enough for me because I plan on doing some absolutely looney stuff on that pull up station

[-] shittydwarf@piefed.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Ah you might be able to use this stuff to build a freestanding thing in that case

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