Here is a way to make sure your gym or home gym is one of those better gyms.
Build a power rack platform.
Make sure you bought all diy power rack materials.
These platforms are easy to build and they protect your gym floor from unwanted damage.
While you could purchase one online a homemade squat stand is a fraction of the cost.
Put your rack near the back of the lifting platform on top of the plywood lifting surface.
A bar some plates a rack of some type to facilitate the squat and the pressing exercises a simple flat bench for the bench press and a platform for deadlifts is all that is absolutely required.
Power rack diy blog.
This option is still wayyyyy cheaper than commercial alternatives.
Get to work build your frames the rack can be scaled to the space you have available since the design is so simple.
You can put it flush with the back or leave a bit of a gap between the back edge and the rack.
These are step by step instructions on how to build your own 8 x8 deadlift and power rack platform.
A serviceable home gym for barbell training need not be a gigantic investment and in fact should be very simple.
Just keep that in mind if you build one.
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Squat racks and squat cages are a necessary piece of equipment if you want to go heavy.
Time to bolt the rack to the platform.
If you can manage the costs and you have the space build your perfect home gym starting with one of the best investments any serious weightlifter can make.
The platform is a useful piece of equipment upon which real work is done.
The platforms also had to be practical a nice clean.
A power rack sometimes called a power.
Bolt the rack to the platform.
Just need to bolt the squat rack to the platform.
For my new barbell club i wanted to keep the hard old school feel of the garage gym with built up platforms to bolt my racks to but add a clean and good looking finish.
But it doesn t have to look like hell.
For power cleans and snatches a few bumper plates are quite useful but not.
