How to Build Your Own Workout Tower

A workout tower is a metal structure with a chin-up/pull-up bar and leg lift station. It is designed for isometric exercise and there are a wide variety of exercises that you can perform on a workout tower. There is only one kind of workout tower; variations on the traditional design are known by other names. Experience with welding is required to complete the task safely.

Things You'll Need

  • Welding kits
  • Four steel bars two inches by two inches by eight feet
  • Two steel bars two inches by two inches by three feet
  • Four steel bars two inches by two inches by two feet
  • Padding
  • Two steel circular bars one inch by one inch by eight inches
  • Lateral revolving pull down bar
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Instructions

    • 1

      Lay two "two inches by two inches by eight feet" steel bars parallel to each other with a three-foot gap in the middle.

    • 2

      Weld a "two inches by two inches by three feet" steel bar between the two bars mentioned in step one, creating an "H" shape.

    • 3

      Weld two "two inches by two inches by eight feet" steel bars vertically on each side of the "H" shape at the intersection of the bars.

    • 4

      Weld another "two inches by two inches by three feet" steel bar between the two vertical bars four feet up. Drill a piece of padding to the bar.

    • 5

      Weld two "two inches by two inches by two feet" steel bars four feet up perpendicular to the bars in the previous step. Drill two pieces of padding into the top of each bar.

    • 6

      Weld two "steel circular bars one inch by one inch by eight inches" vertically to the ends of the two bars in Step 5. These are the grips.

    • 7

      Weld two "steel bars two inches by two inches by two feet" to the other side of the structure seven feet up parallel to the ground.

    • 8

      Weld the lateral revolving pull down bar to the ends of the two bars in Step 7.

    • 9

      Test out the machine.