For our needs the wood power rack works great.
Build a power rack from wood.
Jostle first off thanks for the detailed plans and pics.
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.
See plans photo credit.
I built this rack last summer and it has held up very well.
A power rack offers much needed variety to your workout because you can now lift heavy alone using the innovative safety bar setup.
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.
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.
Or if you did lift inside for bench it would be a reverse lift off.
I routinely load up 200 on squats with no issues working out 3 times a week since the build.
The design uses 2 x4 boards and takes just 2 hours to build.
The diy design costs less than 100 and includes detailed plans to frame it all together.
Often the body will plateau at some point once.
This homemade stand can be used for both squats and bench press.
Ok first off don t think that building a wooden power rack is crazy.
I used 1 2 pipe and had to.