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How to Build Your Own American Ninja Warrior Training Course

Written by Cass

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Continuing today with our Holiday Guest Series, we have an awesome DIYer whose visited us here before (see her floating vanity here and pantry makeover here) — her project today is a little bit of an unconventional DIY project but so awesome we can’t wait to share it with you! Plus, it’s fun for both kids and adults, and if you’re focusing on fitness in 2017, this would be so much more fun than hitting the gym. So, without further ado, I present Lindsey and her DIY American Ninja Warrior training course! (See, I told you it was awesome and fun!)

Whether you're training to compete or just want to increase your fitness, you can do it in a fun way with the whole family on this DIY backyard American Ninja Warrior style training course! Details from GirlMeetsCarpenter on Remodelaholic.com

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Build Your Own American Ninja Warrior Training Course

by Lindsey of Girl Meets Carpenter

Hello! I’m Lindsey of the blog: Girl Meets Carpenter. My blog is the on-going story of a not-so-average-anymore 1950’s ranch, a passionate-designer-girl {me}, and a ingenius-carpenter-guy {Jordan}. Over the last decade, this girl and that boy have been making crazy improvements to our humble abode. And we have successfully re-worked it into a more beautiful, functional space. We love to be authentic, original, and exceptional all while working within our budget. Check out our craft room post (enter through the hidden bookcase), our deck/pergola that is our outdoor sanctuary, and our madeover bathroom!

But today I am sharing with you our very own Ninja Warrior Obstacle Course!

1 DIY American Ninja Warrior Course For Your Backyard! By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

We like to have a good time we like to stay active as a family but in a way that it comes naturally and without it feeling forced. What better way to have fun with fitness than by making an obstacle course? More than just watching American Ninja Warrior, we wanted to try it for ourselves. First things first, we needed a solid structure to build off from. Instead of building something from scratch, we brought home a swing set someone had offered Jordan to be used for the main support system.

(Tip: If it’s got good bones, it’s worth using! You can make it cute later!)

2 From Backyard Swing Set To American Ninja Warrior Course By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

Next, the actual structure of the course starts to take place….

3 Build Your Own American Ninja Warrior Course By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

The height of this structure is 13 feet at its tallest point.

5 Build A Ninja Course In Your Backyard Using Your Existing Swing Set By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

And then some beams to connect the two together. Jordan also added holes for the pegs (like a peg wall), a salmon ladder, and some rings!

The rings are adjustable so the whole family can benefit from them. We found them online (similar options here) and we bring them inside in the winter and hook them up in the basement where we can continue to use them. (Read more about that here!)

DIY Ninja Obstacle Course With Adjustable Rings, By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

Jordan took the balls from our bocce ball set and drilled holes through them. Can you guess what these are for?!

7 Backyard Ninja Course, DIY Cannonballs As In American Ninja Warrior By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

 

8 DIY An American Ninja Warrior Course With Homemade Cannonballs Our Of Bocce Balls By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

Cannonballs!!

DIY Ninja Warrior Obstacle Course With Cannonballs, By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

Jordan’s always figuring out better ways to do things: He hooked up this hook part onto his drill to more easily spin and set the balls into place.

9 DIY Ninja Course, How To Install An Eyebolt Using A Drill And Hook, By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

See what I mean? (Imagine the drill is spinning and the hook is twisting the eye bolt into place. Pure genius!) The cannonballs are spaced 13 and a half inches apart.

10 Build Your Own Ninja Course With Cannonballs, How To Install Eyebolts, By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

We bought rope and braided it ourselves with a strange kind of braid, a speed rope braid. We found a braiding tutorial online.

13 DIY Ninja Course, Braided Rope, By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

Our kids have always been exceptional rope climbers!!

DIY Backyard Fun For The Entire Family, Rope Climb On Ninja Obstacle Course, By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

Jordan added more height to the salmon ladder since he quickly mastered it and needed more of a challenge.

DIY Ninja Obstacle Course, Salmon Ladder, By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

15 Build Your Own Salmon Ladder On A Backyard Ninja Warrior Course, By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

All of the piping you see is 1.25in galvanized conduit and it has worked well for all of the use it gets.

For the salmon ladder, the wood is 9 inches, cut at a 45 degree angle, with three and a half inch gaps between each rung.

Jordan added many more holes on the peg wall so that he can work on his stamina of going up, across, down and even down/up the angled boards to the far side. The kids can do it for a few pegs, it’s a workout! It’s especially challenging because the pegs are staggered. If you wanted less of a challenge, you could drill the holes side by side. The wood peg holes are an inch and three quarters, the staggered distance between is 6 inches.

DIY Peg Wall For Kids And Adults, Backyard Ninja Obstacle Course, By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

And then there are the monkey/pull up bars! Easy peasy, right?! Not for me, they TWIST! There is the option of stable bars that don’t twist but where’s the challenge in that, right?! The salmon ladder doesn’t twist so it works well for pull ups.

24 DIY An American Ninja Warrior Course, By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

There are also straps lining the opposite of the cannonballs that you can swing to and fro on.

Build Your Own Backyard Ninja Obstacle Course, American Ninja Warrior Straps, By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

It’s a bit camouflaged so it’s not an eyesore to the neighbors or to our backyard-facing rooms!

25 Backyard American Ninja Warrior Course, By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

It has been so good for our family. Our three oldest kids had the ability to climb the rope right away, (the youngest being four at the time!) and they have gained even more strength since we’ve had this built!

Backyard American Ninja Warrior Obstacle Course Is Fun For All Ages, By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

So far our obstacle course has peg walls, a 12 ft rope, rings, salmon ladder, monkey/pull up bars, straps, and cannonballs. We hope to add a rock wall for the kids next spring, a slack line, an even taller lookout tower on the original play structure, and a warped wall of course! It’s our custom playground with something for everyone!

 

27 DIY American Ninja Warrior Course, By Girl Meets Carpenter Featured On @Remodelaholic

Whether you're training to compete or just want to increase your fitness, you can do it in a fun way with the whole family on this DIY backyard American Ninja Warrior style training course! Details from GirlMeetsCarpenter on Remodelaholic.com


Lindsey, this is SO fun — and so smart to use an existing play structure as a starter!

Remodelaholics, be sure to see more from Lindsey at Girl Meets Carpenter, or check out her work at White Pine Design on Facebook and Instagram, too.

See more creative outdoor DIY projects:

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Published: December 27, 2016Filed Under: Remodel Inspiration By Room Tagged: backyard, exercise, fitness, Holiday Guest Series, Kids, playhouses

About Cass

Cassity started Remodelaholic with her husband, Justin, to share their love for knocking out walls together. Since then, Remodelaholic has become a great community and resource for all those wanting to know how to make their builder-grade home BEAUTIFUL on a budget!


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Comments

  1. Laura says

    April 24, 2017 at 4:55 pm

    I love this! Could you tell me roughly what the cost was for this project (America ninja backyard course)?

    Thank you!
    -Laura Roth

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  2. John L Sullivan says

    June 19, 2017 at 7:59 pm

    Pretty cool! Looking to make something similar for my daughter and son. Do you have plans or a material list?

    Reply
  3. Jeff says

    June 23, 2017 at 10:52 pm

    Would love to get some rough dimensions on this. Also wondering how deep you buried the posts.

    Thanks,
    Jeff

    Reply
  4. Kim says

    June 26, 2017 at 11:36 pm

    Looks great! Do you happen to have a material list? Thank you!

    Reply
  5. Derrick says

    September 17, 2017 at 6:14 pm

    Do you have to put concrete in to hold the large salmon ladder posts into the ground? Or maybe I’m just not seeing the answers to the questions below?

    Thanks!

    Reply
  6. Rachel W says

    January 16, 2018 at 11:33 am

    It seems that your other project posts have a materials list – is there one for this? I love how you integrated so many different things into one structure. Please, please a little more instruction? (you mentioned the height of the structure, but you left off so much).

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    • Cass says

      January 24, 2018 at 3:10 pm

      Hi Rachel,
      Lindsey might be able to give you some more details, but since this was converted from an existing structure, it’s hard to give a full materials list.

      Reply
  7. Mike guinn says

    February 19, 2018 at 8:37 am

    it would be great to have some rough measurements and some kind of material list

    thanks

    Reply
    • Cass says

      March 3, 2018 at 10:58 am

      Hi Mike,
      Since this wasn’t built from scratch, there’s not really a good way to give you a material list or measurements. That’s the beauty of DIY, rock what ya got! 😉

      Reply
  8. Chrystal says

    March 17, 2018 at 9:24 am

    Do you have blueprints and a materials checklist or approximate list?

    This course is awesome!

    Thanks,
    Chrys

    Reply
  9. maria Jimenez says

    May 2, 2018 at 1:52 pm

    Can you estimate how much time this project took approximately?

    Reply
  10. Bryan says

    April 16, 2019 at 9:17 am

    No one is asking how much it costed you to build the sandbox, playground area, they’re asking about the ninja course addition. I’m sure we could all easily factor in the post you used to build off of. If you’re going to post diy’s you need to give more details, not saying “that’s the beauty of diy.” A lot of people have no idea where to even start if you don’t give some basic sizes of wood or anything.

    Reply
  11. Joshua Williams says

    May 5, 2019 at 10:46 am

    Did you use 4×4’s or 6×6’s for the uprights. I am assuming 6×6.

    The set looks great thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  12. Jarrett Messina says

    April 5, 2020 at 8:35 am

    This is an awesome and seemingly simple idea. Do you have a material list?

    Reply
  13. Corinna says

    May 6, 2020 at 6:17 pm

    Hello. I’m building an outdoor gym and using yours as a guide. Thanks so much!!
    Can you tell me how you installed the monkey bars? I can’t tell from the pictures. You said that you used 1.25in galvanized pipe but how did you install it?

    Reply

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