Homemade paralell bars or standing bars?

I like a squat cage, also called power racks. You can do hundreds of exercises safely by yourself.

I tried to find a decent youtube video yesterday but ran out of time.(icecream social at school)hehe, never thought I'd be doing that.
Yes, I do have a cage. When I first started my recovery it was mostly floor exercises and bands for the first year. The second year had me working with a gait trainer and when she thought she'd taken me as far as she could she sent me to a friend that started his own gym. He was a P.T. so he knew how to work around my injury. I worked with him for over a year. When I started using weights, I bought a cheap bench for at home and almost killed myself. I workout alone so without a spotter it is dangerous. The cost of traveling to the gym was setting us back so it was more cost effective to buy the cage and workout at home. I have workout sheets that I work from and if I want to work on something different he will update them for me.

This is a little more high-speed than mine, but shows the potential.

I think either would be good as long as stable. But I'm thinking both sides might be good, I'm trying to figure out a safe but not too complicated or expensive way I can practice squats and standing and maybe other exercises. I like the cage idea but I'm not sure exactly what I'd need to be safe using it.

Using this your stability comes from holding the bar right? And your legs feeling secure with the mat behind you? I have a stable bar that I used yesterday and realized I feel most stable when holding on to it. My thing was I was trying to make something that could be easily moved and used anywhere and still be stable. I'm still thinking about it but will try to use my current option. Are you still working out? What are you working on? I noticed the glove in the picture, I'm looking for one that might be simple to use if I had no one to assist me.

abacoian, You can make a PVC stand more stable by extending legs a bit. If portability is not a factor, you can make design so that there is support between bars at one end. PVC sched 40 is probably strong enough for your use, but if you are in doubt get PVC sched 80--that has thicker walls and will surely hold up to rigorous use for exercise.

It would be excellent if it could be easily moved to use anywhere. But if I have to stay in one spot to do that exercise it's worth it. I'm looking for different ways that I can exercise and strengthen myself. It stinks that everything medical is so expensive. But I know a way can always be found.