Homemade Olympic Bar Holder

Article and photos by Matt Biss

All my bars and handles were starting to take up space. After looking around, the nice, metal, black finish ones were costing $150-200, plus shipping. Absurd!

I built a pair of these homemade olympic bar holders for less than $4.

I bought two cinder blocks, a small amount of concrete mix, and 2 lengths of PVC. I used 2 inch and 1 inch diameter PVC, since I have both types of bars (standard/olympic), but each block can hold up to eight olympic sized bars.

Simply cut the pvc to the appropriate length, place upright into cinder block, and fill the gaps with concrete. I poured on top of a sheet of plywood with no problems.

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Webmaster’s Note

This setup would also work great for holding brooms, shovels, etc in your garage or shed.

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