Parents Bar at home

[Josette]

Hi friends,

My daughter wants a bar for home use. Any suggestions? I see one on Amazon with metal frame and looks like wooden bar. I hope for it to be the same diameter as what is used at the gym. Is there a better one that isn't wood maybe? Is wood okay for practice?

 

[Coach Kate]

As a coach, please don't. Bars is already a highly technical event and home practice usually does more harm than good.

A pull up bar, maybe a floor bar for older athletes to do handstand/pirouette work, and a mat if your floors are hard. Handstands, conditioning, and stretching are really the only thing that should be done at home.