Dip Station Without Bars, Wrist Pain?

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I’m trying to make myself a dip station at home, and I thought that a design like this would allow me use any stance without making the design to complicated. I mean I found it too hard to make a station with bars but which would also allow any stance (grip width/angle).

Anyway, I wanted to know if there would be wrist problems when using heavy weights with such a station (w/o bars).
Thanks, Vlad

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Keep your wrists in mind. The forces applying to your wrist in dorsiflexion aren’t to be laughed at, especially when attaching 100 + lbs worth of plates to your torso.

How about screwing bar handles on a handle-less contraption?

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[quote]-Vlad- wrote:
I’m trying to make myself a dip station at home, and I thought that a design like this would allow me use any stance without making the design to complicated. I mean I found it too hard to make a station with bars but which would also allow any stance (grip width/angle).

Anyway, I wanted to know if there would be wrist problems when using heavy weights with such a station (w/o bars).
Thanks, Vlad[/quote]

So your pretty much building the whole thing out of lumber? Why can’t you bolt a few pipes to the structure? Or do what FF said and bolt something similiar to :

to the structure?

I’m thinking of making a pullup/dip station in my backyard when it thaws out so its been on my mind as well.

Also, not sure who heavy you are but this dude made it out of PVC.

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I was using my cage to do dips (I don’t now because of my shoulder).

Set the safety stops at the height you want

Lay 2 barbells across the safety stops

Use the barbells as your dip handles

I find I actually like doing this better than using a dip station, because the barbells aren’t fixed in place. You can move them to any width you want and can tilt them (toe) in or (toe) out to find the most comfortable wrist position. Hell I bet you could even adjust the saftey bars to change the angle of the bars to the floor to suit your preference, though I’ve never done that.

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Hmm…okay. I was having problems with the design because I wanted something very study, but which would also allow me to change grip width… And this was the big problem (changing width and grip).

Thanks, Vlad

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Go to Lowes or Home Depot and get some safety bath bars from their plumbing section. They are made to bolt on (should come with the screws). Plus they are made to hold human beings (sturdy and reliable) and are 1 1/4-1 1/2 inches thick. I used to work at a Lowes and people bought these bars all the time for push up handles and handles to go in deer stands.