Belt Squat - Custom/DIY

Built my own for about 45ish dollars. 10 for a pulley, 10 for a cable, a 2x4, had the 1x10 for the deck, 10 for stain and 10 for screws as I was out. Is it perfect, nope, does it get the job done without spending a small fortune, yes it does. It's about 24 inches deep, 26 inches wide. It is light so it will move if you are not on it. Works for belt squats, planned enough space to add the edge of my bench for chest supported rows as well. I liked a lot of the designs out there I found and took elements of them. I'll probably use my squat wedges for a touch more depth on the squat, but otherwise works great so far! Let me know if you have any questions! This started by looking at some of the options on alibaba for the 180ish range, then i went down the rogue rhino path and realized, i can't fit that in my gym nor do i want to spend 2k. knocking myself down two points for build quality as there was one board that is slightly crooked, hidden from view. I also probably should have gone 2x6 instead of 2x4 for the frame to get the extra couple inches of range.

I used some 2x10s, a sheet of 2'x4' plywood, a garage pulley wheel and an old retired rock climbing harness to build a platform that I can use to thread the cable from my pulley system. It's kind of a pain to set up properly to get enough depth, but I'm the one who designed it so that's on me. But not a bad setup for $50 and an hour with a table saw and a drill.

I’m not very handy, but I saw a block system belt squat on Design Build Lift’s channel. It reminded me of what the Russians and Louie Simmons did before the machine was even built. I was able to make it without too much difficulty, and I used it for over a year before I bought the SquatMax MD. I will still use it now and then; the blocks can be used for a ton of stuff. The stack took up almost no space, was very easy to set up, and if you have a rack, you can grab the uprights instead of the dolly. Home Gym Hacks and Reviews does something similar with his belt-squat setup.

DID MY OWN CONCEPT OF MY OWN BELT SQUAT DIY VERSION AND UTILIZED THIS BUILD TO USE AS A TBAR ROW PLATFORM AS WELL

Been using my axle with a landmine for a while. It's not the best setup, but it definitely gives me a long enough lever that I get a pretty good strength curve out of it.

Super cheap. Stand on some blocks, use a dip belt to a loading pin and squat. Honestly that beats buying most of the attachments on the market

I had a custom belt squat platform made in hooked to my cable tower that was nice I just could not go heavy enough. Now I have a piece I attach to my lever arms that allows me to essentially have a belt squat machine using my lever arms. It is very effective.

The belt squat project was one that me and the boy worked on for some time. We tried so many setups, it was hilarious at times. I couldn't find the photo, but the best attempt was our homemade plyo boxes, pulley system connected to a gas pipe I ran between two plyo boxes and fastened down. Angle was ok, but not perfect. We could have found plans, but it was fun to come into the gym and find my son trying different things.

This is my latest iteration of a diy belt squat, not too much setting up required and uses the stack so quite good

This is a lever rack attached belt squat. I have two weight horns for loading. The movement itself is effective. Just getting in and out is not ideal. Takes a while to set up.