I-beam pull-up bar JR'sDIYG ep.#1

Make a chin-up bar for your garage with some blocks of plywood.
Body weight training starts with being able to pull your own weight.
"Jury rigger's DIY gym" playlist:

[@ralu9433]

My biceps are so huge that I had to use 12 layers of lignum vitae and a vibranium bar but your method still worked pretty well.

[@pocket83squared]

Wow. You sound jacked.

[@albertlagerman]

Are you sure a steel I beam is strong enough? It might bend!

[@tomsdreamshopworx]

To damn funny!

[@AlbosNoggins]

I find a pull up bar one of life’s necessities. During a period of not having one, aside from the obvious of not being able to train on it, I didn’t realise how much I would miss being able to stretch my whole body out at the end of the day. Awesome project, thanks for sharing Mr Pocket!

[@pocket83squared]

I know what you mean. I like to just 'dead hang' every once in a while. Feels good on the back.

[@greenatom]

Very cool. I must admit the clamp setup at the beginning made me a little anxious. No matter how strong the clamps, I was thinking a bit of lateral force could knock it all askew! Love your channels.

[@AndreaArzensek]

I enjoy your videos because they are very well thought out and I always pick up great tricks. I loved the speed square at the drill press. Cheers

[@pocket83]

Thanks! Glad you can take something away from it. Sometimes the little things like that can jar loose an idea, so I love to show those little tricks ;)

[@MrSmokinbuddah]

This is awesome. I'm an avid DIY'er but just started working out and was looking for ideas to build a simple pull up bar with scrap wood and some steel pipe that would mount to the rafters in my basement, using the I-beam is an even bettter approach. I really like how this video takes a "no bullshit" approach, no wasting time going into detail about dumb shit that should be prerequisite knowledge anyway. Subscribed, and I'll defininetly be checking out your other videos.

[@timothylukins7274]

This is a great little invention and a very well put together video. I'll be having a go at this. Cheers!

[@saniabac]

This is creative. I just use the I-beam itself to do pull-ups/chin-ups and a small step ladder to get my hands to i--beam height. The flange is wide enough to get a decent grip.

[@coltons1055]

Thanks for the great video and for the reminder to not find an excuse not to work to make something but to find a way to do it.

[@aidenpowell1253]

Excellent video

[@pocket83squared]

Thanks.

[@FloydtheFlamingo]

i always love your wisdom. more videos like this would be neat

[@machiningpaper]

Beautiful, I had been planning to put up a bar wall to wall across the corner of a room. I do have an I beam though! I misunderstood the thumbnail, I thought one piece went down the side and across all the way and so did the other and then they were fixed together. Might try that and make it out of two pieces, thanks

[@machiningpaper]

Just looked at the girder, it's two foot higher than where I want the bar...

[@CROOK3DSHOT]

Awesome. Great ideas.

[@cameronhodge6738]

Brilliant design! Let's take it further. I have used your design and added a very simple change that works well. Instead of screws I drilled holes and used nuts and bolts to secure it. Bolts make it easier to put up, move, if required, or take down and put up somewhere else. Bolting the piece together makes the large hole easier to drill with a handheld drill and less equipment. Thank you for the idea.

[@pocket83squared]

Sure. Good luck with it. You'll be glad you made one. My bar is still in use constantly.

[@cameronhodge6738]

Very glad I built it. Looking for your ring video, but cannot find it. Any clues? Title?

[@pocket83squared]

@@cameronhodge6738 Making homemade gymastic rings from wood: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYPKlIxsm8uigcU

[@pocket83squared]

Pull-ups are everyone's favorite. Push ups are also loads of fun, so that will be next episode!

[@IHonkEverything]

next episode is on push up bras? great!

[@pocket83squared]

No, no, no: _push-ups, bros._

[@isacandersson665]

How many pull-ups in one go can you do? Since you said you've been doing it for years.

[@pocket83squared]

Seven now, thanks to tendinosis of the elbow. Last summer I was around 14 strict reps before I had to stop. I made that 'muscle up' video about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/joGUgoOueadlbZY&

[@isacandersson665]

Oh yeah right, I saw that video. Hope it gets better and that its not chronic bud. And 14 is quite good dude

[@TaylorMasonDMD]

Just used your guide to guild my own. Thank you!

[@saikotikvixen2922]

I have a door jamb pull-up bar in my room that I have never used because of how cheap it feels. I should take the risk and try it out a few times. Hopefully my twig arms are suitable for my old house.

[@charliedajoob2246]

pocket, youre just the coolest dude.

[@johnvernon27]

I'd love to see more of these videos. I actually ended up making rings last year based on your video.

[@TheNinjapig27]

Hey pocket. When do you think the next video on your main channel will go up. Your a great youtube and I need some quality content

[@draven3838]

That's a good solid way to do it

[@SgtSly]

Guys if you don’t have an I-beam in your house a few pipe fittings with 3/4” pipe will work fine. Put it all together and screw some flanges to the rafters in your garage. It’s what I have it it works fine. I’m 170lbs I do have a question though. Why start with an aluminum pipe instead of steel in the same OD? Just what you had around?

[@PraetorianCuber]

excellent! looking forward to more of these types of videos. I also started laughing when you pulled up at 12:03 because I knew there was no way you'd show your face

[@sorenmortimer4246]

Surprised you are still in that house. Your videos do provide entertainment when I’m bored on both channels. Been a subscriber for about a year on the main channel

[@pocket83squared]

Thanks. We can't find a suitable property. It takes time.

[@mattjohnston2]

Well done, and I like the idea of the series! I've always wondered, when you make a pass with the saw when the camera is rolling, how much slower do you go compared to when it's off? Lets face it, you usually only get one chance to get the actual shot (without just wasting a lot of material).

[@pocket83squared]

Not much different. I'm usually always pretty slow and deliberate with that tool. However, when I'm doing production or rough-cuts, I'll get moving once I'm in the swing of it. I've done this enough that I don't really screw up. Especially when filming, I go over things 5X more than I would with a normal cut. TL;DR: filming=same cut speed, but way more preparation. By the way, there were actually two different boards cut in those scenes @ 3:48. Notice that the knot disappears and then returns.

[@thenextstepp]

I wish I had a beam going across my garage but here in California pre-manufactured trusses reign supreme, simply because they're so cheap. When I installed a pull-up bar I had to add all sorts of support in my attic, basically spanned a few trusses. Just out of curiosity, how common is steel framing in residential applications back in your area? I'm curious since I design buildings out here and I've only gotten to use steel on one house I've done, where half the house was red steel fabrications.

[@pocket83squared]

Most residential structures have an underground block basement with a steel I-beam that spans the foundation lengthwise. These beams are usually supported by one or two permanent steel columns (posts) that are footed and have screw-adjustments for height. Subsequent floors are typically all wood; these are supported only by centralized load walls that sit above the beam (and where the floor joists overlap), with laminate beams being used for any header/opening. A trussed roof system is still used in most cases, probably due to cost and efficiency in comparison to a rafter-based system. Steel framing is usually reserved for commercial applications here. Hope that sums it up ;)

[@thenextstepp]

pocket83² ahh that's the major difference here. We rarely have basements. Up until recently (we have been in severe drought for some time) our water table was so high that no amount of waterproofing would keep the moisture out. Sounds as if it's pretty much the same as here.

[@sarahmitchell2507]

I loved this video and definitely want to see more like this In the future

[@pocket83squared]

Great. I'll post a new one next week.

[@bnewberry1810]

Do you find the bottom of the I-beam gets in the way at all? Worry that since the bar is in the middle, at the top of the pull up the I-beam would be right where your head is

[@pocket83squared]

Until you just mentioned this, I never really thought about it. I guess the answer is no. Having now done many thousands of them this way, my form has developed a sort of muscle memory so that my chin goes right around the bottom of the beam. It doesn't seem like a problem. In fact, the beam forces you to lift your chin up a few inches higher than it would otherwise, so it's probably really good training.

[@anthony15907]

Awesome! More of these vids please.

[@pocket83squared]

Thank you. Tune in next week ;)

[@gizanked]

There was no way I was thinking you were going to show your face but then you did some butt-ups instead which was somehow even more surprising. Even if I don't end up making this chin up bar this video was a nice reminder to just do stuff instead of making the "wrong tools" excuse.

[@pocket83squared]

Thanks. Admittedly, the _keep my face hidden_ thing gets annoying.

[@VampireOnline]

lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IpL1-sRTwS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAH8/jTwlcST0TNQ/photo.jpg Is this you?

[@pocket83squared]

lol. NO! I can't explain that picture. It turns up if you Google 'pocket83,' but that is not me. *I seriously HATE Google plus.*

[@VampireOnline]

pocket83² haha I’ll still picture it as you until we get a face reveal lol.

[@pocket83squared]

Fair enough. It's not _that_ far off. Still, I wonder what gives with that picture.

[@kjpmi]

Screwing in a light bulb? That's hot... ...I'll show myself out...

[@RobertSzasz]

kjpmi Didn't Barbarella do that?

[@kjpmi]

Robert Szasz I don’t know. Never saw it 🤖

[@MaxMakerChannel]

Oh yeah! Show me how to pump pocket!

[@pocket83squared]

Let's get ripped, Max! It's better than getting sand kicked in your face while you're trying to set up your hydrofoil at the beach!

[@MaxMakerChannel]

pocket83² You are right!

[@johnmcfarlane9647]

How did you manage manage to drill through the pipe dead-center on both ends?

[@pocket83squared]

Just aim. If it isn't perfect, it will still work. If you want to, you could place the pipe against a straight board, and then use it to draw a parallel line on the pipe.

[@crystalsoulslayer]

Can flies screw in a vacuum? :) Nice design. How do you figure out the load capacities of stuff like this? Destructive testing?

[@pocket83squared]

Sure, as long as the bag is empty. Thanks. After decades of using the same materials, you start to develop an intuitive sense for what it will hold. But I was conservative for KZbin; I rated it at 200, but (without a lateral load or flexible bar) this shouldn't begin to crack until at least 600, with expected failure at maybe around 800.

[@crystalsoulslayer]

Seems like a nice margin to me. I'd want to really overbuild anything that's expected to see dynamic loads. Thanks for the reply.

[@goombie8962]

haven't heard that one before, nice. You know what i'm talking about right

[@MillertimeTV]

Great video. Would love to see more of these in the future.

[@qwaccc]

love the name

[@learnerlearns]

Sure makes more sense than a gym membership!

[@pocket83squared]

Ech. Also way less gross.

[@MaxMakerChannel]

But gyms can be nice social places and motivate.

[@TailedCarpet]

I've been doing something like 15-20 pull ups and 15-20 push ups on uneven bars every evening for a couple of weeks now. Man does it suck. Does it even get any better with time?

[@pocket83squared]

Um, not always or in every case. I ended up with elbow tendinosis. Push-ups have become easy to me, but pull-ups hurt now after only five reps. I do think that exercise in general (and especially weight training) starts to become refreshing and satisfying after a few months steady. I'm in a phase where now I hate the rest days! So in a one-word answer to your question, I think *yes.*

[@goombie8962]

I basically have the same routine, but its ALL I DO. Some cardio but nothing else. I find it pretty satisfying after Ive finished, and to be honest I don't dread it at all. I literally just use the bar over the shower door wrapped in a towel. seems to hold up alright.

[@TailedCarpet]

cat soup yeah, even though it sucks in the beginning, I've found body weight training to be one of the most satisfying exercises, it really does make you feel awesome (especially those uneven bars push ups), so I'll probably keep at it for a while

[@kristofferolsson2632]

Love it!

[@jdniedner]

More please!

[@Alucard45000]

That fly joke tho.

[@vitdmilk5466]

New Pocket video!

[@staytunedguitars]

DAMNIT WHAT IS THE FRAME BETWEEN 5:08 AND 5:09 WITH THE LIGHT BULB SAY? IM TO LAZY PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME!! LET ME GIVE UP!!!!

[@pocket83squared]

dontforgettodrinkyourovaltine

[@TealCheetah]

Common sense is asking a LOT of people.

[@pocket83squared]

Not here on the second channel. Way less views. Way smarter crowd. Even the comments here are 99.99% unmoderated.

[@egg19]

So the red heart goes with the black heart, right? Like playing cards? That makes sense. I should also leave the hearts on the outside so that I can always be sure that I have put it together right. You know what they say, if you build something idiot proof, they'll just build a bigger idiot, and that's me. ;P

[@tomsdreamshopworx]

To true!

[@StefanSte]

I Wish i had an I beam in my house D:

[@pocket83squared]

Sorry. Lots of basements and garages have easy access to them, but you'll have to find an alternative. Door jamb bars are quite common.

[@StefanSte]

dont worry, I have a swing in my yard and I use the frame to do my pull-ups. ^^ Indor would be nice at some moments but the air outdors is better anyway xD

[@goombie8962]

I literally just use the frame of the shower wrapped in a towel. Seems to hold up alright.

[@disaidra]

Pocket, do you even li.....yes you do apparently

[@cosmicjenny4508]

Is it weird that I say "Jerry-rigged"? A cross between "Jerry-built", and "Jury-rigged"? Haha.

[@XPStartupSound]

Reassembling a lightbulb with 2 living creatures inside? That just won't fly.

[@TheDementation]

My favourite bit is when people hit their head with it.

[@HansumRob100]

Why ur video thinks that the rest of us have a I beam in our house

[@sethbracken]

9:35 No big deal, I just have a peg to keep all my brass knuckles on.

[@trailagob]

know it.

[@AB-Prince]

Dem nails is GREEEN

[@pocket83squared]

I don't understand you. And please don't ever say "dem" around here.

[@AB-Prince]

pocket83² i didn't expect a reply, and that quick as well. I love your content btw

[@pocket83squared]

Thanks. But what does your comment mean? lol.

[@AB-Prince]

pocket83² 6:52 green screws. Only in america? Never seen green screws before

[@pocket83squared]

Ahh, ok. Dem nails is green. Right. Green screws are a type of decking screw. It's for exterior stuff, because it will resist corrosion. I use them around the shop because they have a higher shear strength than drywall screws do. That means they are tougher to snap.

[@spinafire]

"hearts and stars" And here I thought using Rubik's cube annotation was clever...

[@grandolddrummer]

Roborovski R R' L and L'?

[@homunkoloss6782]

Yes. I would like to see more on this topic. I also found it funny that you performed that roll while hanging, it was unexpected.

[@pocket83squared]

Good. I'm releasing a push-up thingy next.

[@homunkoloss6782]

pocket83² im looking forward to it :)

[@NavinBetamax]

There is a distinct difference between a Bar and a Tube...............just say'n.......lol

[@vitdmilk5466]

6:57 wadda ways

[@kmonnier]

I'm an avid knuckle scraper

[@grandolddrummer]

Has anyone seen Driver 23 and The Atlas Moth? They're both documentaries that follow Dan Cleveland. He was the lead singer/guitarist of Dark Horse. Now that guy had some jury rigged home fitness equipment! Complete with cinder blocks.

[@bexpi7100]

"only two, but getting them in there is the tricky part" *cringe*

[@pocket83squared]

Says "cringe." *cringe*

[@bexpi7100]

pocket83² a reasonable response.

[@pocket83squared]

lol. Leafy ruined that word for all future generations.

[@bexpi7100]

pocket83² I actually don't get that reference. But don't bother explaining though as I'm too dense.

[@bobdickweed]

You left us hanging...Great video man ..Again...happy summer....;-p