Build A Power Rack From Wood

A more basic design is this wooden power rack by endofthree fitness.

Build a power rack from wood.

I routinely load up 200 on squats with no issues working out 3 times a week since the build. For our needs the wood power rack works great. I used 1 2 pipe and had to. Or if you did lift inside for bench it would be a reverse lift off.

Ok first off don t think that building a wooden power rack is crazy. See plans photo credit. For people serious about getting fit working all of the muscles groups in a challenging way is necessary in order to continue building muscle. Often the body will plateau at some point once.

This homemade stand can be used for both squats and bench press. Truth is i would have loved to buy a rogue squat stand or power rack but at 600 it was just not in the cards. I built this rack last summer and it has held up very well. It really is not and the truth is most people are not going to be doing 500lb lifts and this could prob even handle that if it had too.

Wooden power rack july 23 2014 at 6 52 pm but then you couldn t lift bench inside the rack with the safety bars in place because you wouldn t be able to rack them on the back set of supports. A power rack offers much needed variety to your workout because you can now lift heavy alone using the innovative safety bar setup. The diy design costs less than 100 and includes detailed plans to frame it all together.