10+ Homemade Gym Equipment Ideas to Build Your Own Gym
Gym memberships add up quickly and the gym is often overcrowded when you finally do find the time to get there. Manufactured gym equipment can be extremely costly, it's typically very heavy, and it's difficult to move. Instead of going with one of these two traditional options, why not build your own gym equipment?
To show you that building your own gym equipment doesn't have to be difficult, we've compiled 10+ homemade gym equipment ideas built by our customers using Kee Klamp fittings and pipe.
Kee Klamp fittings are strong, adjustable, easy to assemble and dissemble, and easy to work with. That's why popular Parkour gyms and even adventure races like the Ultimate Athlete Games and the Spartan Race have chosen Kee Klamp to build their fitness structures.
But, you don't need to be one of these huge gyms to build your own equipment. To help spark your own creative builds, here are 10+ gym equipment ideas that you can build yourself using Kee Klamp:
Homemade Dip Station
This DIY dip station was built by Erik in New York, New York. Most of the frame is constructed using 2x4s while Kee Klamp fittings and pipe are used to create the dip station bars. These bars rest in a circular grove cut out from the horizontal wood supports.
To keep the pipe bars from moving, the Collar fitting is used on the inside of the wood boards. This fitting slides over the pipe bars and locks in place to keep the pipe bars from sliding.
At the top of the dip station, there are three horizontal pipe bars. These add additional support to the structure but can also be used to do pull-ups. These pipe bars are connected using the Flange fitting.
This pull-up bar was built Charles Rankin in order to train for the world record for the number of chin-ups completed in 24 hours. But, you don't need to a world record trainee to build one just like it.
The pull-up bar is completely free standing and has practically no give when completing pull-ups or chin-ups. One of the biggest advantages to building a freestanding pull-up bar like this one is that you can build it to whatever height you like. Also, unlike most gym equipment, it can easily disassembled and reassembled.
If you want to build a pull-up bar just like the one Charles built, you can read our full step-by-step tutorial for his project here.
Charles isn't the only one of our customers to build a pull-up bar, though. We've seen customers build all sorts of different designs. The one above features a similar design but we've also seen a few wall mounted pull-up bars (as pictured below):
Build A Home Gym From Industrial Pipe
This pull up bar, used by CrossFit Vulcan, features different heights and has the ability to support multiple people.
Pipe Pull Up Bar
Here's another pull-up bar structure that was built by Brian in Milford, Connecticut. The pull-up bar features multiple stations that are used by Brian to run small fitness classes and rehabilitate physical therapy patients.
DIY Pipe Squat Rack
Pipe Squat Rack
The squat rack is the workhorse of any gym. However, most manufactured squat racks or cages are quite expensive. They can also be very difficult to move or fit into your house. Especially, when trying to fit one into your basement since you need to move it down a flight of stairs.
Building a squat rack with Kee Klamp fittings, however, is a different story. Since any Kee Klamp built structure can be dissembled and reassembled, the entire squat rack can be taken apart in order to be easily moved.
The squat rack featured above uses a few important fittings. The Side Outlet Elbow is used at the top of the frame to connect the four sides. The Single Swivel Socket is used to create the supports at each corner. Lastly, the Flange fitting is used for the squat rack "feet".
DIY Pipe Gymnastics Bar
DIY Gymnastics Bar
We've had multiple customers build gymnastics bars using Kee Klamp. The one above was built by Brian as a Christmas present for his daughter (read the full step-by-step plans for this gymnastics bar here).
A big advantage of using Kee Klamp fittings to build a gymnastics bar is that the bar height is easily adjustable. By adjusting the set screw on each side of the gymnastics bar, the height can be increased or decreased.
This is great to practice different exercises. But, it also allows the bar to be adjusted for young ones who are growing throughout the years and need to adjust the height for their skill and ability. Lastly, the entire gymnastics bar can also be dissembled and reassembled. Thus, making it easier to move or transport.
DIY Indoor Monkey Bars
DIY Indoor Monkey Bar
Monkey bars aren't just for kids. They can be used to build strength in your upper body and core. In addition, they can help improve coordination. If you do any type of Parkour or Ninja Warrior training, monkey bars are a great training tool.
The indoor monkey bars featured above were built by Steve in Pittsboro, North Carolina. The monkey bars allow him and his daughter to train year round in their home fitness studio. To mount the structure to the ceiling, the Standard Railing Flange is used.
To create the actual "monkey bars", the Single Socket Tee is used. This fitting allows pipe to slide through an open socket on one end while terminating a length of pipe at the other end. Since the fitting is locked down using a set screw, the bars can be adjusted in distance by loosening the set screw on the fitting, resetting the position, and tightening the set screw back down.
To show you that building your own gym equipment doesn't have to be difficult, we've compiled 10+ homemade gym equipment ideas built by our customers using Kee Klamp fittings and pipe.
Kee Klamp fittings are strong, adjustable, easy to assemble and dissemble, and easy to work with. That's why popular Parkour gyms and even adventure races like the Ultimate Athlete Games and the Spartan Race have chosen Kee Klamp to build their fitness structures.
But, you don't need to be one of these huge gyms to build your own equipment. To help spark your own creative builds, here are 10+ gym equipment ideas that you can build yourself using Kee Klamp:
Homemade Dip Station
This DIY dip station was built by Erik in New York, New York. Most of the frame is constructed using 2x4s while Kee Klamp fittings and pipe are used to create the dip station bars. These bars rest in a circular grove cut out from the horizontal wood supports.
To keep the pipe bars from moving, the Collar fitting is used on the inside of the wood boards. This fitting slides over the pipe bars and locks in place to keep the pipe bars from sliding.
At the top of the dip station, there are three horizontal pipe bars. These add additional support to the structure but can also be used to do pull-ups. These pipe bars are connected using the Flange fitting.
This pull-up bar was built Charles Rankin in order to train for the world record for the number of chin-ups completed in 24 hours. But, you don't need to a world record trainee to build one just like it.
The pull-up bar is completely free standing and has practically no give when completing pull-ups or chin-ups. One of the biggest advantages to building a freestanding pull-up bar like this one is that you can build it to whatever height you like. Also, unlike most gym equipment, it can easily disassembled and reassembled.
If you want to build a pull-up bar just like the one Charles built, you can read our full step-by-step tutorial for his project here.
Charles isn't the only one of our customers to build a pull-up bar, though. We've seen customers build all sorts of different designs. The one above features a similar design but we've also seen a few wall mounted pull-up bars (as pictured below):
Build A Home Gym From Industrial Pipe
This pull up bar, used by CrossFit Vulcan, features different heights and has the ability to support multiple people.
Pipe Pull Up Bar
Here's another pull-up bar structure that was built by Brian in Milford, Connecticut. The pull-up bar features multiple stations that are used by Brian to run small fitness classes and rehabilitate physical therapy patients.
DIY Pipe Squat Rack
Pipe Squat Rack
The squat rack is the workhorse of any gym. However, most manufactured squat racks or cages are quite expensive. They can also be very difficult to move or fit into your house. Especially, when trying to fit one into your basement since you need to move it down a flight of stairs.
Building a squat rack with Kee Klamp fittings, however, is a different story. Since any Kee Klamp built structure can be dissembled and reassembled, the entire squat rack can be taken apart in order to be easily moved.
The squat rack featured above uses a few important fittings. The Side Outlet Elbow is used at the top of the frame to connect the four sides. The Single Swivel Socket is used to create the supports at each corner. Lastly, the Flange fitting is used for the squat rack "feet".
DIY Pipe Gymnastics Bar
DIY Gymnastics Bar
We've had multiple customers build gymnastics bars using Kee Klamp. The one above was built by Brian as a Christmas present for his daughter (read the full step-by-step plans for this gymnastics bar here).
A big advantage of using Kee Klamp fittings to build a gymnastics bar is that the bar height is easily adjustable. By adjusting the set screw on each side of the gymnastics bar, the height can be increased or decreased.
This is great to practice different exercises. But, it also allows the bar to be adjusted for young ones who are growing throughout the years and need to adjust the height for their skill and ability. Lastly, the entire gymnastics bar can also be dissembled and reassembled. Thus, making it easier to move or transport.
DIY Indoor Monkey Bars
DIY Indoor Monkey Bar
Monkey bars aren't just for kids. They can be used to build strength in your upper body and core. In addition, they can help improve coordination. If you do any type of Parkour or Ninja Warrior training, monkey bars are a great training tool.
The indoor monkey bars featured above were built by Steve in Pittsboro, North Carolina. The monkey bars allow him and his daughter to train year round in their home fitness studio. To mount the structure to the ceiling, the Standard Railing Flange is used.
To create the actual "monkey bars", the Single Socket Tee is used. This fitting allows pipe to slide through an open socket on one end while terminating a length of pipe at the other end. Since the fitting is locked down using a set screw, the bars can be adjusted in distance by loosening the set screw on the fitting, resetting the position, and tightening the set screw back down.
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