parallel bars![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Men’s gymnastics apparatus made up of two horizontal bars set at the same height; they are for performing various acrobatic exercises.
wooden bar ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Bar whose gap is adjustable; it is usually 5.7 ft above the floor.
adjusting tube ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Part of the upright into which the vertical tube attached to the horizontal bar slides in order to adjust the height.
base ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Rigid support to which the adjusting tubes are attached, which in turn support the bars.