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For those of you that
haven't been keeping up with the newsletters or
Facebook group, our outdoor warrior workout club has
been a blast. We've had a few dozen people in
and out over the spring and summer and a bunch that
have become true veterans. There's something
about flipping tires, pushing sleds, sandbags,
ropes, kettlebells, and the other toys that get the
adrenaline pumping and make you feel like you've
accomplished something!
I'm always looking to
shake things up at these workouts and throw some new
tools at the participants. I've been thinking
about making this outdoor exercise station for a few
years now, so I finally decided to just go ahead and
do it. I tried to keep the standard chin and
dip tower in mind when designing it, but I also
wanted some versatility to perform as many exercises
as possible on it since I was going through all the
trouble of making it!
The design is pretty
simple really. My main focus was stability and
versatility. I got a pair of 12 foot 4x4s and
a pair of 8 foot 4x4s that I buried about 2.5 feet
in the ground with pea gravel. I made some
cross pieces out of 2x4s for stability and used some
decking straps and screws to attach them. I
drilled 1.5 inch holes at various levels to allow me
to thread 1 inch pipes at different locations,
depending on the exercise that I'm doing. I
also added a few eye hooks for some rope work.
So as shown in the slide
show above, I have used this multi-tower for
chin-ups, dips, battling ropes, suspension training,
lever rope climbs, inverted rows, and tricep blasts.
I'm planning to add some additional eye hooks up top
with spring clips to allow for some more chin and
suspension versatility, as well as my ab straps...
but this has proven to be a good start
J
Material total came in
at just under $100 for this little project, with the
4 foot pipes accounting for just over $20 of it.
Not too bad when you consider the additional
exercises that I'm able to add to my outdoor boot
camps now. Come
join us one of
these weekends and see for yourself
J
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