How To Make A Street Horizontal Bar With Your Own Hands - Step By Step Instructions With Drawings, Photos And Videos

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-17 22:26

Outdoor workout: do-it-yourself outdoor sports equipment

A country house or dacha is not only a place for beds and berry bushes. It is pleasant and useful to do physical exercise in the open air, keeping fit and maintaining health. The best way to do this is your own horizontal bar or other uncomplicated sports equipment, which can be used by adults and children to train.

Content

• 1 How to choose a horizontal bar

  • 1.1 What do regular training on the horizontal bar give
  • 1.2 Types of horizontal bars
• 2 Choosing a place for simulators

• 3 Main design characteristics

  • 3.1 Materials

    3.1.1 Photo gallery: horizontal bars made of various materials

  • 3.2 Dimensions

• 4 Step-by-step instructions for making a horizontal bar

  • 4.1 Preparation
  • 4.2 Procurement operation
  • 4.3 Assembly
  • 4.4 Installation
• 5 Features of the manufacture of children's designs
• 6 Video: building a street horizontal bar and bars with your own hands

How to choose a horizontal bar

There are many options for making outdoor exercise machines. To determine the design, you need to understand exactly what you want to get from the sports equipment. People who are constantly engaged in physical education do not have this question - the accumulated experience of regular exercise helps.

What do regular training on the horizontal bar give

Those who engage in physical education occasionally and do not systematize their skills can be reminded of the important points:

1. The horizontal bar is the simplest sports equipment that can be easily made with your own hands. If there is no desire or time to do this, they buy a finished product in a specialized store, both individually and in a set with other gymnastic apparatus.
2. All people, regardless of age, can be happy to use the horizontal bar, from the elderly to the youngest representatives.
3. Classes on this apparatus allow the athlete to constantly keep himself in good shape, be fit and strong.
4. Exercises of a passive nature on the horizontal bar help to stretch and relax the spine, relieving tension after working in an uncomfortable position in the garden.
5. It is extremely beneficial for schoolchildren and students to do relaxation exercises after sitting at a desk for a long time. They help correct posture and get an additional boost of vivacity as a result of increased blood circulation.
6. Exercising on a regular basis increases endurance and resistance to the increased psychological stress that accompanies us everywhere.
7. A variety of horizontal bars, their reasonable combination with other sports equipment are very attractive for young children, which gradually draws them into physical education.
8. Classes in the fresh and clean country air help to strengthen the body and cleanse it of harmful products that saturate the air of cities.

Outdoor exercise is beneficial and enjoyable

Types of horizontal bars

The choice of the design of this simple projectile depends on many factors, including the size of the site. There was a time when its typical area was 4 ares. It is clear that in such territories, the construction of a sports campus or a simple horizontal bar is not the first priority.

1. Wall horizontal bar.

   

   Such a device does not take up much space on the site, but it allows you to perform a number of warm-up and strength exercises

2. Horizontal bar with a crossbar on two stands.

   

   A simple horizontal bar with a crossbar takes up little space, but the possibilities of training on such a projectile are still limited

3. Gymnastic complex - training methods can be significantly expanded if parallel bars, wall bars are installed together with a horizontal bar and a rope is suspended.

   

   With such a projectile, you can expand the range of exercises for all muscle groups, make training interesting and meaningful

4. Children's gymnastic complex - the child will be happy to spend time on such simulators, especially if the composition is supplemented with a pendulum swing.

   

   To attract the younger generation to physical education, the gymnastic complex needs to be properly designed and carefully thought out in order to interest the child in training

Choosing a place for simulators

Before working out the design and composition of the simulators, you need to decide on the location of the gymnastic town. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the opinion of specialists with experience in such work:

• the most suitable place for placing simulators will be a backyard, isolated from the excessive curiosity of passers-by and neighbors;
• The underlying surface of the training area must be flexible enough to avoid injury from falls. The best material is crumb rubber. To use it, you need to remove the soil layer of the earth, arrange a drainage layer up to 15 cm thick from sand and gravel, the shock-absorbing bedding is also covered with a layer of 15 cm. You can use sawdust and shavings instead of chips;
• Avoid placing exercise equipment in the sun, as the heat will not allow exercising or just spending time with children during the day. You should choose a well-shaded or semi-shaded side of the site. However, tree branches or bushes should not interfere with activities.

The backyard will be the best place to place your own gym.

Main design characteristics

First of all, you need to decide on the material that will be used in the manufacture of simulators. To do this, it is worth conducting an audit of the remains of building materials from the construction of a country house.

Materials

1. Metal. The most convenient are the remains of the casing from the well device at the site. Mostly for private wells, pipes of 89-146 mm are used; any product from this interval will serve for a long time and reliably. An additional argument in favor of using pipes is the presence of a welding machine in the courtyard and the ability to use it. For the same purposes, you can safely use square pipes left over from the construction of the fence on the site. Applied sizes ranging from 80x80 mm to 150x150 mm with a wall of 4–5 mm are ideal for the construction of a horizontal bar. High weldability is ensured by the use of steel with a low carbon content for the production of such products.
2. Wood. Remains of various timber profiles are always sufficient at the end of construction. Of course, preference should be given to coniferous wood or hard species such as oak, hornbeam, ash and the like. Profiles can be round, square or rectangular. The use of glued structures can be recognized as a practical solution, since they acquire the properties of anisotropy of mechanical properties.
3. Fiberglass. For supporting structures, you can successfully use profile products made of fiberglass, for example, round or square pipes. The advantage is the absolute inertness to corrosion, the cost of protection against it is not required, but painting for design purposes can be considered mandatory.

Photo gallery: horizontal bars made of various materials

Wood trunks were used as supports for the unusual design

Metal is the most common material for sports equipment

When constructing a horizontal bar, you can combine metal and plastic

Wood is an environmentally friendly material well suited for children's exercise equipment

Dimensions

Dimensions of the main parts for outdoor sports equipment:

• for supporting structures made of metal, pipes with diameters from 89 to 146 mm can be used;
• gripping elements of structures for adults - 32–40 mm, seamless and electric-welded pipes can be used, provided that they are rigidly attached to the supporting structures (welding);
• it is better to make horizontal bars from a bar with a diameter of up to 40 mm from steel 45. Welding in this case is strictly prohibited.

The depth of the bearing elements buried in the ground must be at least 80 cm, concreting is mandatory. Thus, the length of the horizontal bar posts must be at least three meters.

Step-by-step instructions for making a horizontal bar

To make a horizontal bar on the street, you must perform a number of sequential steps.

Preparation

1. Develop a draft design of the horizontal bar construction.
2. Sketch parts with dimensions.
3. Draw up a specification of the required materials for the manufacture of the horizontal bar, including the main products, fasteners, electrodes, materials for protective coatings, fixtures and tools. By adding to this list the prices for all listed material values, you can get an estimate of costs.

This stage needs to be carefully considered in order to avoid additional costs and not to wander around shops and markets in search of what was previously missed.

Development of a sketch with dimensions will help you select the required amount of materials

Procurement operation

This stage is started after the audit of the available materials and the purchase of the missing. Procurement operations include:

1. Purchase and delivery of materials and tools.
2. Cutting running materials into blanks in accordance with sketches. Manufacturing of parts. At this stage, you will need a grinder, a measuring tool and more, depending on the design.
3. Preparation of the workplace for assembly. Installation of the slipway. Electric cable supply for tool and welding machine operation, grounding device.

When cutting materials, it is vital to strictly adhere to the rules for safe work. Do not work without a protective cover on the grinder, protect your face with a shield. The consequences of violating these rules can be dire.

Extremely dangerous operation requires compliance with safety rules

At the end of cutting metal blanks, it is necessary to carefully process the cuts, removing sharp edges and burrs. This can be done with the same grinder or hammer.

Assembly

Before starting this operation, the parts must be laid out on the slipway, first supporting, then auxiliary. In the case of a horizontal bar, you will need two stands and a crossbar. During preparation, you need to choose a way to install the crossbar and prepare a seat for it in advance.

The bar can be secured in different ways

The upper ends of the pipes must be plugged by welding sheet metal covers to them. Smoothen welded seams with a grinder or files. Blunt sharp edges.

The assembled structure must be protected from the atmosphere before installation. For this:

1. Protect the lower part immersed in the ground against corrosion using bitumen mastic. It can be water-soluble or solvent-based. Both are quite reliable, but the second dries faster. The mastic is applied to the prepared surface (after removing the rust) at a distance of about one meter from the lower end. This means that a small part of the treated surface will protrude from the ground.
2. The rest of the structure must be prepared for painting by applying a primer on metal.

Installation

To perform this operation, you need to make two holes in the ground. Their depth is 120 cm, so it is better to use a garden drill with a diameter of 20-25 cm to dig them.

Further:

1. Create a drainage layer at the bottom of the grooves. To do this, sand should be poured into them with a thickness of about 18–20 cm. To settle the sandy layer, it must be carefully tamped and spilled with water. On top of it, you need to pour a layer of gravel of medium fraction with a thickness of 10-12 cm and also carefully tamp it.

2. Lower the structure with the lower ends into the pits, carefully level and plumb. Secure with temporary jibs.

   

   When installing, you need to carefully align the horizontal bar

3. Prepare a concrete mixture of grade 300, which implies the use of cement grade 400, pure river sand in a ratio of 1: 4. Water is added until the desired consistency is obtained.

4. Pour concrete pits with the installed projectile. The formwork device in this case is optional. In the process of pouring, compact the concrete mass, avoiding the formation of air bubbles. At the end of the pouring, cover the surface with a film. The concrete drying period is at least 7 days, the end of the crystallization of the mass will occur no earlier than 28 days. In hot weather, you need to remove the film every day and moisten the concrete surface.

   

   Pits for horizontal bar supports are poured with concrete

5. If the user of the simulators plans to use it to perform amplitude swing exercises, you need to install stretchers - two for each pole. The angle of inclination of the guy wires in relation to the ground surface should be approximately 30 degrees, the deviation from the supports is about 15 degrees. For fastening the guy wires at the ground level, pits 50–60 cm deep are made in it with a diameter of the existing garden drill. A metal anchor is installed in the concrete to fasten the guy wires.

   

   To perform amplitude exercises, the horizontal bar is strengthened with stretch marks

6. At the end of the installation work, the projectile can be painted. For this, it is best to use powder paint that does not fade in the sun.

   

   It is better to choose powder paint for painting.

The options for the manufacture of wooden structures differ only in the assembly method, all other operations are performed in the same way.

Features of the manufacture of children's designs

The main requirement when creating children's gymnastic apparatus is safety. Therefore, the requirements for a safety margin are twice as high as for adults. For all materials, it is imperative to check the safety certificate for the absence of harmful emissions. Considering that children are most active in the process of playing, the shells need to be built in the appropriate shape and design, both constructive and design.

Children will be interested in bright colors and unusual designs

You need to pay attention to the quality of the stairs. To prevent the metal surface of the bars from slipping and maintaining a normal comfortable temperature, it must be rubberized. Neoprene is also used as a tread. For safety, wooden rungs are carefully processed and covered with a colorless, odorless varnish.

Video: building a street horizontal bar and bars with your own hands

An outdoor horizontal bar, complemented by other gymnastic equipment, will help to keep fit, and involving children in training will accustom them to an active lifestyle. And most importantly, such a simulator can be built independently without using expensive materials.