Wall Mounted Hooks for Resistance Bands

Martynt74 · 4 May 2020 at 11:26

I do a reasonable about of exercise but almost no strength work and thought a cheap option would be to mount some hooks on the walls at 3 heights to attach resistance bands to for various exercises.

Initially i just thought about something like these

But now i'm starting to wonder if they'll be able to cope. Whilst i'm not going to be exerting too much force (max 30-40kgs i imagine). They're only mounted on a 50x50mm plate which is potentially going to put all of that force on a single brick in a pulling away from the wall motion.

Do i need to be looking for something that will spread the force across a wider area (this might not look very good given it's in the house). Or do you think it'd be sufficient?

Also whilst i'm here, is there a way to know how much weight a joist could support? I'm also debating adding a pull up bar.

https://www.mirafit.co.uk/mirafit-3-position-ceiling-pull-up-bar-orange.html

I went up into the loft to check the direction of the joists and whilst they run the right way, there's a crapload of insulation which would make adding extra support between joists a bit tricky (that half of the loft also isn't overly accessible as there's a wall 3ft high blocking it off and no light.

Martynt74 · 4 May 2020 at 11:40

Haha thats always a worry i suppose. There are some similar ones with a closed hook which i'm more likely to go with, will then get some carabiners to attach the bands.

Good point on mounting to 2 joists and near a wall. Whilst not exactly where i'd like to mount it, that's very do-able and is probably how i'd mount it. I wonder how my wife will enjoy lots of "exploratory" holes in the ceiling

Martynt74 · 4 May 2020 at 11:44

bloodiedathame said:
Tie a knot in the band and trap it in a door.

The bands i ordered do come with a "door bracket" that works like this, i just assumed securing to a wall would be better. Maybe not!

Martynt74 · 4 May 2020 at 15:18

If using plywood, then surely the hooks would only be screwed in ~25mm compared to 70mm into the brick?

Good call on the fixings. I was only thinking of 10mm wallplugs.

Maybe some solid anchor fixings or maybe resin based and steel rod.

Martynt74 · 4 May 2020 at 16:42

Booo, i want to use my new drill dammit! Will see how the door things go first, if not i've a few ideas in mind.

Just ordered the pullup bar, so will get to use it for that at least. Lets just hope i don't pull the ceiling down. (i say this as a joke but my wife is genuinely concerned!)

Martynt74 · 5 May 2020 at 09:05

Skillmister said:
There's no way I'd be hanging from my ceilings!

That is kind of my worry, the house is from 1874 and so who knows what state the joists are in. I feel like 100kg spread over 2 joists near a wall should be alright though.

Does insurance cover this as "accidental damage"?

Martynt74 · 5 May 2020 at 09:55

Well i decided to actually go and measure it and due to other stuff in the room, the place i'd want to mount it would restrict the door from opening which isn't ideal

Will hang on for wall mounted ones to come back into stock. I looked at the doorframe hook ones, but the door is recessed so it doesn't look like it'd work, and whilst i could use it elsewhere i'd like to use it there.

Martynt74 · 5 May 2020 at 09:56

jpaul said:
... the pull up bar did seem a risk for banging your head on the ceiling, with over energetic use ...or, some risk of cracking ceiling plaster too ? I'd be bolting it
but, it would act as a tether for bands , bands with handles do present a risk if it slips out of your grip

Yeah, i had planned to use it as a tether for lat pull down type exercises.

If you've ever seen me attempt a pull up you'd know there'll be no "over energetic" use!

Martynt74 · 5 May 2020 at 10:10

Yeah, i think that's the plan, i've found these "Marine Hooks" which look to be finished better than the ones in the OP.

https://imgur.com/a/YB4S5JL

I've also got a length of 3x2 redwood. If i round over the edges of that and paint it white it should look decent enough and it'll be thick enough to get some decent 40mm x 5mm screws in there. Can't see that causing any issue. Plus by mounting it on wood then the pulling motion on the hooks won't be at the same position as the wall fixings so less chance of ripping out fixings.

Martynt74 · 7 May 2020 at 09:52

Haha well we'll see, i suppose the upside is that most exercises won't be pointing at my face (in theory)

I mounted to wood last night, secured in 4 rows of 2 screws, around 70mm into the wall, only issue is that it's plasterboard, with around a 2cm gap before it hits brick, so probably only 30mm into the actual brick.

It feels pretty secure and i had an initial play with some bands, and no injuries yet

Only mounted one hook for the time being, will add the others when i'm happy it feels ok.

Martynt74 · 7 May 2020 at 10:26

I'm starting to think you want this to happen!

The hooks are closed so that's safe, annoyingly the clips on the bands are too small to clip properly only them, so i've ordered some climbing strength carabiners to attach them properly.

Just need to order some proper resistance bands now, it's a minefield out there, with some at ~£50 per band for the high strength ones (which i'm aiming for initially to use assisted pullups)