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My little brothers got me a set of Metolius Rock Rings (thanks guys, you hit the nail on the head) and now I need some engineering/construction advice.

I'm going to mount them in my basement. The basement once was a young boy's dream, no carpeting, just cement ceiling and walls, exposed 2x4 framing on the ceiling, and some uncovered I-beams for pullups. Unfortunately, it got finished a couple years ago, carpeting put in, drywall installed, I-beams covered. The punchline is that I'm having trouble finding a good mounting place for the rock rings. The basement ceiling doesn't touch the framing of the ground story's floor, thanks to the duct work that got installed.

What's a boy to do? I can't very well start drilling holes in the ceiling hoping to get lucky, and I can't put the rings anywhere else in the house. Please help.

If you don't want (or are not allowed) to do anything with the drop ceiling, you'll need to make or buy some sort of free-standing structure on which to hang the rings.

got a high outside deck that you can hang them under? What about a doorway?

I built a free standing thingy in my backyard for my rock rings and training with ice tools. Just two 10' 4x4s sunk 2' deep with a bag of concrete each and a 2x6 as a cross member-

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/Cliffswallow/IMG_0773.jpg

Maybe something like that but with a foot instead of concrete?

I realize this probably doesn't give enough room... but have you seen how the "perfect pull-up" setup works? My internist swears by this gizmo as being very secure.