Ramp for Learning Standing Rollouts

(As with any of my DIY posts, if you build your own, you do so at your own risk. I am not handy, and you should just assume stuff built using my plans will collapse and kill you.)

I’ve been wanting to build up to a standing rollout forever (and I’m still working on it). I didn’t get anywhere with the approach of rolling out to a wall, but I’m seeing good progress by using a ramp, as suggested and demonstrated by Ross Enamait. I ended up rigging mine up using an 8' 2x10 for the ramp, squat stands outfitted with a couple 2x4 pieces with holes in them that allow me to move the ramp incrementally (these were attached by using my ClampTite (which is a great tool, by the way)), and a metal rod that I can either put through the holes in the squat stands, or in the holes in the 2x4s. You can probably work it out from this photo:

Note that I need those holey 2x4s because the holes in the squat stands stop a couple feet from the floor.

As for the ramp, it has a couple other 2x4 pieces screwed to the bottom so it can hang on the rod securely. When placing the ramp, I usually hang it all the way to one side (so very close to one of the squat stands) as it feels more secure. When the ramp is in the middle the metal rod bows slightly.