Find out how you can design the perfect machine for developing all the muscles in your body at home with minimal investment. Many people would like to go in for sports, but for various reasons they cannot start visiting the gym. It can be a lack of free time or shyness. Now we will not talk about the reasons that can prevent you from starting to train, as there can be many of them. The purpose of this article is to show you how to make a DIY exercise machine.
Of course, many simulators are very difficult to make, although theoretically possible. Take a treadmill for example, which you can also make yourself, but this will require serious financial and time costs. It may be easier to buy this cardio machine if you want to have it. But some types of sports equipment and shells can be made on your own. After reading this article, you will learn how to make a simulator with your own hands.
Creating exercise equipment for your own gym
In order for you to be able to effectively do bodybuilding at home, you need not the most complicated equipment and several sports equipment. They can be made independently if desired. If you go into the gym and pay attention to the people training in it, then beginners often take up the simulators, and more experienced athletes actively work with barbells and dumbbells.
To effectively pump all muscle groups, these two sports equipment are quite enough for you. But at the same time, you should remember about the need for the progression of the load. The incline bench is also of great importance in achieving the desired result. If we talk about dumbbells, then it is much easier to make a couple of collapsible shells on your own and in this case you do not need welding. On the contrary, it is easier to make two benches - horizontal and at an angle of 70 degrees. You should also remember about the barbell rack, and here you can make one with the ability to change its height or two. In the second case, the racks in height should be designed for bench press and deadlift.
It is also advisable to make a horizontal bar and parallel bars. Of all the necessary equipment for your hall, they are the easiest to manufacture. And the last item to think about is the weight belt. At a certain moment, it will no longer be enough for you to work only with your own body weight on the horizontal bar and you will need an additional load. In this situation, the best solution is a belt.
So let's summarize and see what we need to create our own home room:
- Vulture.
- A pair of dumbbells.
- Universal pancakes with the same landing hole for the barbell and dumbbells, although you can make them separately for each of the shells.
- Horizontal bar, preferably wall-mounted or outdoors.
- Wall bars.
- Pole stand with adjustable height or two fixed.
- Punching bag optional.
- Jump rope.
How to make a simulator with your own hands?
You can quickly find drawings of the necessary equipment on the Internet. However, you should visit a sporting goods store and look at some of the machines to get an idea of their design. Now we will look at the most simple equipment and find out how to make these simulators with our own hands or where you can get them.
Bars and horizontal bar
It is quite difficult and quite expensive to make a strong and safe horizontal bar on your own and install it in a room. Thus, we recommend purchasing bars with a horizontal bar in the online store. Installing a horizontal bar on the street is also not the best solution, since you will not use it in the winter, but training is necessary. They will cost you between $ 60 and $ 70.
As we have already said, it is better to give preference to a wall horizontal bar rather than install it in a doorway. In this case, you can safely use a wide grip. Bars are also worth taking wall-mounted in order to save space. However, there is also a version of the horizontal bar and the bars, so to speak, 2 in 1. You can even take the Swedish wall, which has its advantages, but this equipment will cost more.
Barbell and dumbbells
You will need materials to make dumbbells, barbells and racks, and this is the main problem. Sometimes on the net you can find recommendations on the possibility of using for the manufacture of Concrete disks. However, this material is significantly inferior to steel and cast iron, so it is still not advisable to use it. However, steel pipes are not cheap and should be kept in mind as well. Here are some tips on how you can get this material as cheap as possible:
- Post advertisements in the newspaper of your city for the purchase of old dumbbells, barbells and weights. It is highly likely that someone has these equipment in the basement and is not using them.
- Visit the collection point for scrap metal.
- Seek help from relatives or friends who work at the enterprise.
By the way, you will most likely still have to contact someone who works at the enterprise. This is due to the fact that it is rather difficult to make pancakes and vultures at home. The factories have special machines and the process of making pancakes or fingerboards will be much easier.
Punching bag
Compared to other necessary equipment, the easiest way to make a punching bag. As a material, you can use ordinary shopping bags (at least three pieces). After that, insert them into each other, and you just have to fill them with filler.
However, it is best to make a pear bag from a dense material, and fabric is much easier and cheaper to find compared to iron. The length of the punching bag should be about 1.3 meters, well, you probably know its shape. You can stuff the pear with sand or small wood sawdust. You can fix the pear to the wall, but for this you need to make a special bracket. The best option is to attach it to the horizontal bar.
Other sports equipment
With a rope, everything is extremely simple and you should buy it, and not do it yourself. It should also be said that in many power movements you can use an expander instead of a barbell. This sports equipment is inexpensive and can be purchased at any specialty store. But you need to make dumbbells, since without them training will not be so effective.
You can see for yourself that making a simulator with your own hands is not very difficult, and the main problem is finding the necessary materials. If you have access to a variety of materials and machines, you can build a great gym yourself.
Today we talked about how to make simple exercise machines with our own hands. But if you wish, you can make more complex ones. And for this, in many cases, even wood can be dispensed with, although metal structures are much more reliable. On the Internet you can find a large number of drawings of various types of simulators and the whole point is only in the availability of free time and materials with machines.
How to make a Stronger simulator yourself using welding, see this video:
