As a part of my quest to improve my general fitness, I have started putting together some basic pieces of home-made equipment to keep things interesting.
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The first thing I made was a pair of parallettes, which are made out of PVC pipe. These are very simple to make, but turn out to be a great piece of equipment for basic gymnastics. I may post some details about these later… |
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I also made some rings out of plywood. See my gymnastics rings page for details about how they’re made. |
My next fitness-related project will probably be one or two plyo boxes.
For my own convenience, I maintain an online workout log using Google spreadsheets. It’s a great way to maintain a log that I always have access to wherever I can get to a computer. For those who may be interested for some reason, I maintain an online workout log here as well.
5 responses so far ↓
1 paul // Nov 2, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Unhappy w/ PVC parallettes. Got any ideas for a wood design ?
2 Monty // Nov 21, 2009 at 7:15 am
I have never seen wooden paralletes, but it certainly could be done…. wouldn’t be any easier to use, though!
3 Jack // Sep 20, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Fill them with Epoxy Granite 18% Epoxy and playsand with a piece of rebar.
4 Sean // Dec 1, 2010 at 12:36 am
For wooden parallettes, we’ve used a closet rod cut to about 3 ft long. The stands are some left over 4×4 wood we had in the garage. We used a couple of clamps and screws to keep the bar from spinning. Very simple and sturdy. The closet bar has a bit of give on it similar to the real parallel bars.
5 Sin // Jan 17, 2012 at 6:43 pm
Hi Paul. Those look great! Can you make me a pair out of baltic birch?
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