How to Make Your Own Parallettes to Get Hard Shoulders and Ripped Abs

Here you can learn how to make your own parallettes from PVC pipe you can buy at your local hardware store.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Pipe cutter
• tape measure
• 9' PVC 2" pipe
• 4 - 2" PVC T joints
• 4 - 2" PVC elbow joints
• 8 - 2" PVC caps

1. Once you have your materials you will need to cut the pipe up into these pieces.
   
   2 - 1.5 foot pieces
   12 - 6 inch pieces
2. To assemble one side attach an elbow to each side of the 1.5 foot piece.
3. Then attach a 6 inch piece to the other end of each elbow.
4. Next attach a 'T' joint to the other end of the 6 inch pieces perpendicular to the 1.5 foot length of pipe.
5. After that attach 2 - 6 inch pieces to each of the 'T' joints and cap off the other end of the 6 inch pieces.
6. Repeat the same method to complete the other side of your parallettes.

Tips & Warnings

• Once you have your parallettes assembled you can go back through with PVC glue to permanently fasten all of the pieces or you can leave them the way they are so you can quickly and easily disassemble the parallettes for storage or travel.
• PVC is the cheapest material but you can use ABS if you are a heavier person or would just feel safer with a higher density pipe for your parallettes.