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Parallel bars A gymnastics apparatus used by men in artistic gymnastics. It consists of two 3.5m bars. PB The scoring abbreviation for the parallel bars. PH The scoring abbreviation for the pommel horse. Pike A position where the body is bent only in the hips. Pommel horse A gymnastics apparatus used by men in artistic gymnastics.
On the high bar, men use grips with three-finger holes and a small dowel, whereas grips on the still rings have a larger dowel and two-finger holes. Grips used on the parallel bars (Very uncommon) have two finger holes and a small dowel. Women's grips have two finger holes and resemble men's ring grips with a smaller dowel. [2]
The overhand grip, or regular grip, is the standard grip used for the horizontal bar. On the overhand grip, the hands circle the bar with the backs of the hands facing the gymnast. [4] A dorsal grip (also known as the dorsal hang) is an overhand grip employed while the gymnast's legs pass through the arms into a "skin the cat" position. [5]
After looking at data on more than 2.4 million adults, they determined that grip strength peaks between ages 30 and 39, at an average of 47.8 kilograms (or about 105 pounds) of force for men, and ...
There has been extensive medical and ergonomic research looking at grip strength, which has found that 95% of men have a grip strength greater than 90% of women. [1] Averages also exist for different types of grip in different positions. [2] Grip strength increases or decreases depending on the arm position at which the grip strength is being ...
An automotive belt with the number "740K6" or "6K740" indicates a belt 74 inches (190 cm) in length, 6 ribs wide, with a rib pitch of 9 ⁄ 64 of an inch (3.6 mm) (a standard thickness for a K series automotive belt would be 4.5mm). A metric equivalent would be usually indicated by "6PK1880" whereby 6 refers to the number of ribs, PK refers to ...
The obi worn by men are much narrower than those of women, with the width of most men's obi being about 10 centimetres (3.9 in) at the most. Men's obi are worn in a much simpler fashion than women's, worn below the stomach and tied in a number of relatively simple knots at the back - requiring no obijime, obiage, obi-ita or obimakura to achieve.
The thickness of the grip section is most commonly 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 inches (27 mm) in the United States or 28 millimetres (1.1 in) in Europe, but can be thicker or thinner, depending on quality. Neither bar weight nor length is standardized like men's or women's Olympic bars, and can range from 1.22 metres (4.0 ft) to 2.16 metres (7.1 ft).