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2. Grip (gymnastics) - Wikipedia

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   Grip (gymnastics) Grips are devices that are worn on the hands of artistic gymnasts when performing on various apparatus. They are worn by female gymnasts on the uneven bars, and by male gymnasts on the high bar and still rings; it is rare to wear them on the parallel bars. Grips enhance the gymnast's grip on the apparatus and reduce friction ...

3. Pull-up (exercise) - Wikipedia

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   A pull-up is an upper-body strength exercise. The pull-up is a closed-chain movement where the body is suspended by the hands, gripping a bar or other implement at a distance typically wider than shoulder-width, and pulled up. As this happens, the elbows flex and the shoulders adduct and extend to bring the elbows to the torso.

4. Artistic gymnastics - Wikipedia

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   The term "artistic gymnastics" was introduced to distinguish freestyle performances from those used by the military. [ 6 ] The German educator Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, who was known as the father of gymnastics, [ 7 ] invented several apparatus, including the horizontal bar and parallel bars. [ 8 ] Two of the first gymnastics clubs were ...

5. Horizontal bar - Wikipedia

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   Fabian Hambüchen at the horizontal bar A bar grip (front view). The horizontal bar, also known as the high bar, is an apparatus used by male gymnasts in artistic gymnastics.It traditionally consists of a cylindrical metal (typically steel) bar that is rigidly held above and parallel to the floor by a system of cables and stiff vertical supports.

6. Uneven bars - Wikipedia

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   Uneven bars. The uneven bars or asymmetric bars is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. It is made of a steel frame. The bars are made of fiberglass with wood coating, or less commonly wood. [1] The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is UB or AB, and the apparatus and event are often referred to simply as "bars".

7. Grip strength - Wikipedia

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   Grip strength is the force applied by the hand to pull on or suspend from objects and is a specific part of hand strength. Optimum-sized objects permit the hand to wrap around a cylindrical shape with a diameter from one to three inches. Stair rails are an example of where shape and diameter are critical for proper grip in case of a fall.