**My Home made Squat Stands**

[oggynosh]

What's up everybody, here's the first pics of my squat stands, later I'll upload some more to show you this masterpiece once we have it ready...

WHat I used:
3 bars of stainless steal (1/8mm thick x 2 inches width x 20feet length)
like these ones:


a Welding machine (provided by my neighbor lol)
and that's all...

And here are the pics ...

[lovestolift]

Looks pretty solid. Nice job so far. How do you intend to keep them upright? Are you going to connect them?

[jpez]

Is that stainless steel or galvanized steel? Stainless steel costs a fortune where I come from. Also if it is stainless steel make sure you're using stainless steel electrodes. If it is all stainless steel I think your great great grandchildren will be squatting with it also!

Looks sweet so far! It looks like you know what you're doing, why don't you just make a power rack?

[oggynosh]

Looks pretty solid. Nice job so far. How do you intend to keep them upright? Are you going to connect them?

One thing I can say for sure, it's gonna handle some huge weights there...it was fully reforced and it's so freaking solid...so it has to be like +500lbs or more to make it tumble and fall..

Is that stainless steel or galvanized steel? Stainless steel costs a fortune where I come from. Also if it is stainless steel make sure you're using stainless steel electrodes. If it is all stainless steel I think your great great grandchildren will be squatting with it also!

Looks sweet so far! It looks like you know what you're doing, why don't you just make a power rack?

I dont have enough space for a power rack :S...but here a the pics so you can see how the stands get when finished! :...




Front View
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Side View
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and then after some anti-corrosive painting...

[oggynosh]

It's made of 100% stainless steel bars...

Total cost of the project: around $37 USD = $25 for the 3 (20feet long) stainless steel bars...10$ for my neighbour who helped me a lot with the welding machine etc...and then around 1-2$ for the 4 screws at each side of the stand from where the plates are gonna be hanging...

So it was easy to do, it took us around 6 hours I have to say, since we started yesterday at around 11am until 3pm when we had to stopped since I had to get ready to leave for work,,,and then today from 11am to 1pm...

[holvoetn]

SUWEEET !!
Nice job, man.

Wish I could have some of those

[Mouse]

Looks good Oggy - a bargain at that price as well.

[doit]

Nicely done oggynosh!
Are those screws that are sticking out on the sides for plates?

[kidsoftheblackhole]

Very cool, man.

[lovestolift]

Very good job. What do you do for bench presses? You might be able to add some lower hooks to that if you need to.

[oggynosh]

Very good job. What do you do for bench presses? You might be able to add some lower hooks to that if you need to.

For BP I have a bench which allows me to do flat and incline..not decline, but that's ok...

Very cool, man.

Thanks mate...

Nicely done oggynosh!
Are those screws that are sticking out on the sides for plates?

Exactly Doit ...I have the bigger plates on the lower screws and on the upper screws I have the smallest plates... I add some more balance for the stand which is great

Looks good Oggy - a bargain at that price as well.

Yep you're right if was super cheap, I also enquired about the cost of building the stand out of wood but it was very expensive..so stainless steel bars made my day !

SUWEEET !!
Nice job, man.

Wish I could have some of those

U should get one just like mine 'H', as u can see it was very cheap to build ...

[oggynosh]

What really makes me feel great is that I just did my workout and squats felt easy...and I was very surprised bc I di ATG squats, maybe it's not the right thing to do, but didn't feel a pain, and they feeling was awesome ...I was with a big smile during the whole workout.. hehe LOL...also it help me pull a new PR for OHP since I had to clean the weight up to my shoulders, and the last time I had a hard time performing them, this time I did better, just on 5th set (4-5rep) was tough...but It felt awesome!..

For more info check my LOG hehe

[lint]

Doesn't seem like there's much space to get right under the bar. The bottom cross piece looks like it doesn't leave much room for toes and the same with the cross piece about chest height. Could be a problem as the weight goes up.

[oggynosh]

dont worry mate they are in the right place, I knew their position could be an issue when lifting and doing squats but we took the right measures to avoid any kind of obstruction they might cause. Yesterday I used it and it was pretty wel designed, no issues at all, pretty solid and stable.

[Rover]

That is outstanding, oggy! I love to see people making their own stuff in this day and age. More power to you sir!