Do-it-yourself bench press bench

One of the most popular exercise equipment for home workouts is the bench press bench. If you have the desire, patience and some skills, you can assemble it from a ready-made project yourself.

Types and features of bench press benches

Thanks to craftsmen, there are drawings of a wide variety of benches for strength exercises. The latter come in two types.

Horizontal bench

Can be folded and cannot be taken apart. Such benches are often equipped with metal racks for various equipment and various kinds of devices such as clamps. The functionality of this type of simulator is small, but additional structural elements significantly expand their capabilities:

• the built-in leg block strengthens the thighs, calves, buttocks, and promotes abdominal training during twisting exercises;
• racks with special safety stops make it possible to independently exercise with a barbell without outside supervision;
• devices in the form of handrails - used for exercises on the lower abs;
• handles in the form of bars significantly expand the range of sports activities.

REFERENCE! The width of such a bench from post to post is at least 1.10 m.

Adjustable bench

Adjustable – has a seat with a backrest, the position of which can be changed. The kit includes: racks with hinged fastenings, brackets made of spring material, a locking tongue, a tongue for fixing, a chain that limits movement. You can exercise on this machine while sitting, using a barbell or dumbbells. Features of this type:

• power press at different angles, with the help of which the level of load on different muscles is adjusted, giving pumping to the whole body;
• Such exercise machines are convenient for use not only in the gym, but also at home, where it is best to install a folding structure.

Most suitable for home:

1. A simple bench (hyppolitovka) is a durable flooring in the form of a board 40 mm thick. Widely used in the army.
2. An inclined bench is a small exercise machine made of profile pipes with a diameter of 40x40 mm. The support is a rubber-coated rod no more than 10 mm thick.
3. A bench equipped with special racks for barbells. The material is a 40x40 mm profile pipe, and the racks are made of steel, the thickness of which is at least 6 mm. They exercise on the exercise machine while sitting, and abdominal exercises help arch the back. Designed for athletic guys who can easily handle a heavy barbell. The simulator is mounted from durable corrugated pipe with a diameter of 60x60 mm and plywood of 20 mm or more.

How to make a bench press bench with your own hands

If your arsenal does not include any sporting achievements in the field of independent training, then at the first stage it will be quite enough to build a simple bench without a supporting backrest. And it’s as easy as pie to make it without any drawings. You can estimate the necessary parameters by watching a couple of video tutorials online.

This bench consists of boards fixed to a frame.The latter is trimmed with dermantine or leather. There are no bench press racks or bars provided here. After some time, when the exercises become more complicated, the bench is modified.

There are no difficulties with installing the bench press bench. All data is available online, and if necessary, the dimensions can always be taken directly in the gym from the factory simulator. The most cumbersome bench has four supports, but it is considered not very comfortable.

REFERENCE! The best option is a bench press bench that has three supports and three racks.

Is a bulky bench worse? In general, no. There is simply no point in piling up additional structural elements.

Simple option

The basis for the design of the bench press bench in this case is a profile pipe. The most suitable size is 40x40 mm. The spurs on the racks are made of metal strips about 40 mm wide. The desired configuration can be easily achieved by bending the strips with hammer blows, and then welding the finished product on top of the corrugated pipe. The final stage is to drill holes for the mounting hardware and attach a suitable sized board or sheet of plywood to the frame.

Making an Incline Bench Press

This type of popular simulator is a little more complicated than the previous one.

IMPORTANT! Its most convenient modification is a bench press with support for your feet. A design feature is the replacement of the supporting section of the pipe with a thick-walled one so that it does not bend underfoot.

You don’t need such an attachment - use a regular support pipe with a diameter of 40x40 mm, as in the previous version.

The backrest in this case must be adjustable. To do this, you need to firmly weld an oblong metal ring to the support frame.There is no need to make any additional holes in the bench - the board is attached to the regulator. For strength, the adjustable backrest is equipped with a frame welded from corrugated pipe with a diameter of 20x20 mm.

Then four holes are drilled on each of the posts. It is best to drill them with a regular drill, exactly according to the markings made in advance. This backrest is called simple, because it has only five positions. Its inclination does not exceed 45⁰.

REFERENCE! The length of the inclined bench is 20 cm longer than usual.

Assembling a bench with a stand and back

Set the backrest to 90⁰ This is only possible by constructing an additional frame with a stop in the lower area of ​​the bench. The stands do not need holders.

There are many holes drilled into the frame, and the fixation with a pin opens up a wide range of backrest angles. A pin threaded into the side hole of the frame will securely fix the supports.

How to make stands? Racks that can be easily pulled out can be made using an additional structure. They are made from corrugated pipe with a diameter of 30x30 mm using supports 40x40 mm. The rack holders are made of metal strip. The installation of these components is no different from that described above.

ATTENTION! The optimal length of the posts is 0.82 m, the holes are spaced 0.15 m apart.

To increase the functionality of the bench press, you can attach handrails to the racks and use them as parallel bars.

How to cover the bench? You can take plywood (12 mm) as the base of the bench and cover it with dermantine.

REFERENCE! An interior door is an excellent choice when creating a simple bench.

For greater comfort when exercising on the simulator, foam rubber should be placed under the dermantine layer. To avoid material displacement, glue is first applied to the dermantine.The upholstery is fastened with metal staples from a special gun.

So you can see that it is quite easy to make your own bench press bench. It is important to gain experience by studying the proposed instructions so that you can have an excellent exercise machine in your home for regular sports activities.