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Originally Posted by RRxtar
I think youd be surprized how strong that wood power rack can be. If everythings bolted together, not screwed, and you had decent structural cross bracing. Wood is incredibly strong under compression which is the force a properly designed rack sees. theres no twisting or bending applied. And Im not talking about budget grade lumber, framing structural lumber is still plenty cheap.
a Fir 2x6 is rated to 1350psi under compression. if you really want to look into it, read up onthe Wood Structural Design Data publication. or the simpler way would be to just ask if you've ever actually built something, or if you just hammer keys on a keyboard. Ive built a ton of shit over the years, and it would blow your mind how strong wood is.
The only things I would change from that one I posted a pic of would be by building longer 'feet' on it, and it would have two 2x4s tying it into the ceiling joists. And better 'hooks'
$150 to build a wood rack vs $800 to buy a steel one.
like i said, once you get over the "omg wood!!!" thought, and actually think about it, theres no reason why it wouldnt work for your basic home rack for the average guy. I bet youd be the only guy you know with any kind of a rack in their basement anyway.
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Believe me, I know how strong wood is
I was referring more to the design itself. It's probably fine, but on first glance it looked pretty sketchy
Anyway I had a solid workout. But some douche tried to "work in" with me on the power rack. I told him I'd be done in 10 mins, so he started pacing around the rack, looking really stern.
I was hoping not to have any gym stories to contribute here, but there you go. The good thing about hongers at the gym is that they pretty much mind to themselves. To me, that's a perfect gym member. I wouldn't ask anyone to leave the squat rack for me, so I would like it if EVERYONE did the same.
/rant
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