# Pull-up bars

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-up-bars/925104>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 9, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-up-bars/925104 "2020-11-09T01:18:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-up-bars/925104/1 "2020-11-09T01:18:30Z")

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Is there another name for [these](https://adventureplaysystems.com/content/uploads/2018/06/FIT501876FRONT.png)? Or are they just ‘pull-up bars’? (The injuries thread reminded me. 😛 )

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-up-bars/925104/2 "2020-11-09T01:27:50Z")

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I’ve never heard them called anything else.

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-up-bars/925104/3 "2020-11-09T01:30:57Z")

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Chin up bars? Uneven parallel bars? Weakling finders?

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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-up-bars/925104/4 "2020-11-09T01:37:25Z")

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They’re not using the Achilles method and they’re not using the tender stretch method, so I’m assuming they’re using the chin up method, and if so, then calling them pull-up bars or chin-up bars or underfunded monkey bars would be correct.

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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-up-bars/925104/5 "2020-11-09T01:50:25Z")

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Could they be called horizontal bars (as in gymnastic horizontal bars), or would that give kids ideas about flinging themselves off them for their dismounts and sticking their landings on their heads?

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-up-bars/925104/6 "2020-11-09T02:48:08Z")

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According to Gary Larson, [this](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/572449802609289225/) really happened to him.