Best week I ever had for building a squat stand cost me $12

Last Tuesday I found two 4x4 wooden posts in my neighbor's trash pile and some old plumbing pipe fits them perfectly as a bar holder. I bolted everything together in my garage and now I can squat 200 pounds without buying a $200 rack. Anyone else find random stuff on the curb that turned into gym gear?

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patel.daniel1mo ago

Read somewhere that a guy made a full set of dumbbells from scrap metal and concrete. Your setup sounds solid for basically free.

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lee_grant971mo ago

@patel.daniel my buddy made concrete weights in buckets and chipped his tooth hauling them upstairs.

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troy_sanchez81mo ago

That sucks about the tooth, drilling into concrete is no joke.

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