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Parallel bars   /pˈɛrəlˌɛl bɑrz/   Listen
Parallel bars

noun
1.
Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights.  Synonym: bars.



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"Parallel bars" Quotes from Famous Books



... pursuing a systematic course of training to develop all the muscles of the body, flit aimlessly from one thing to another, exercising with pulley-weights for a minute or two, taking up dumb-bells and throwing them down, swinging once or twice on parallel bars, and so frittering away time and strength. Far better it would be for such people to stay away from a gymnasium altogether, for their lack of purpose and continuity makes them lose rather than gain muscular ...
— Pushing to the Front • Orison Swett Marden

... by a Mr. Law, and, though ordinary in its accommodations, had a good arrangement of apparatus, of which I faithfully availed myself. The spring-board, horse, vaulting-apparatus, parallel bars, suspended rings, horizontal and inclined ladders, pulley-weights, pegs, climbing-rope, trapezoid, etc., were all put in frequent requisition. My time for exercise was generally in the evening, when I would find myself almost alone,—while the clicking of balls from the ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 • Various



Words linked to "Parallel bars" :   uneven bars, gymnastic apparatus, exerciser, plural, bar, plural form



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