High Bar Giant Straps

[norbeex3]

Hello everyone!

So one of my dream skills would be giants on an outside bar and I've tried to figure out for a long time until I came by a sentence recently by Blairbob. For Giants -> get some straps and figure it out.

Where can I get those straps? can I make a pair for myself securely? How to apply them? Do you know and EU shop with reasonable prices maybe?

I only found one in an American e-shop but I cannot spend 60 bucks on a package and I'm in EU btw, the shipping and handling would be sky-high.

Thanks in Advance!

[Cole Dano]

Giants are on my bucket list as well.

I'm sure you could easily get nylon straps sewn up or get some straps from a climbing shop.

I recall that Coach and i think BlairBob both recommend using straps with cotton gloves rather than a bar.

What i don't know and would like to is how long they should be, and how to use them in general. Particularly how they wrap around the wrist a bar.

Of course any advice about this is on a at your own risk basis if you are trying to learn it on your own. Coaching is always recommended not always accessible.

[Blairbob]

A strap bar is a special bar since it's generally a piece of PVC around a metal bar and straps basically tie yourself onto the PVC. The bar then sets itself into a swappable bar mounting.

Try some European Gymnastic Supply companies, they might sell straps.

There is probably some videos on youtube that show how to use straps or describe how to use via a google search.

I would not do this outside of a gymnastic gym. Falling out and landing on hard ground is asking for a Darwin award. You can slip through the straps (flying off) or get locked up in the straps while your forearm wraps around the bar. I have heard of that happening and I do mean that it literally "wraps" around the bar.

Cutting PVC in half and glueing it around a steel/metal bar/pipe would be asking for the PVC to fail as it slides around the bar in a giant.

All in all, this is pretty much a dumb idea.

[norbeex3]

Well I surely do not intend to be worthy of receiving a Darwin award No wrappy thing either. Gross =\

Back on topic, if I buy a proper strap bar can I avoid these slipping or flyaway injuries?

I'm obsessed with this move and downloaded gymnastic instructions from usagymnastics. I will go trough them and analyze the strength and skill requirements.

Not long ago I came by a pretty impressive video. It's the OUTSIDE high bar thing what is impressive! I do not think that they are gymnasts according to their execution of other bodyweight skills but still... It's pretty hardcore. They are the evidence that it can be done outside.

What do you think? Here's the link, it starts at '2:53'

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[Blairbob]

Dunno, I have seen some crazy russians doing giants on playground bars in Russia. Watching the Superbowl, so maybe I'll check the video later.

A gymnastics High bar is pretty expensive. I would just save up some cash, go to a gym and pay for some private lessons and ask that you get to work on the strap bar giants.

[Cole Dano]

BlairBob's advice is the best, and that's been my plan. I just work on basic tap swings now, which are safe and require no special equipment.

I'd heard of grips hanging up before if they aren't sized properly, didn't realize that was a possibility with straps as well.

[norbeex3]

Yeah, think I'll stick with it too. Since private or open gym sessions are not an option here.

I've seen some advices over the net that you could speed up the pullover and slowly accomodate yourself to a baby giant into a giant swing.

I guess the best I can do is practice every pre-req available for now.

[Blairbob]

Yeah, straplock is possible as the straps slip up during swinging. Generally, every few sets, you might check them to make sure they are still set up right.

Giants are possible on a straight bar. One of the issues is the bar doesn't really flex, which takes some getting used to.

For a giant on an outside bar, you'll probably need to start in support, cast and bail though you could probably build up to a babygiant from a tap swing.. While I know of a few friends that will do giants without grips, I'm not a huge fan of it for myself since I don't trust myself not peeling off.

[irongymnast]

I don't know, doing giants on an outside regular bar (i.e. non gymnastic one) seems/sounds too dangerous for so many reasons.

[Blairbob]

On an outside bar, there is definitely some serious danger involved.

Crummy landing surface that is hard. The bar does not bend. The surface of the bar itself can vary.

[norbeex3]

Yeah there are definitely some dangers involved during an outside bar giant but this is why it fascinates me. Well not danger actually, but the thing is what I learn at the gym I want to take it outside the gym as well. To be a skill I can pull of whenever I want. Time does not matter I think I'll go along with the advice of learning it inside then I will make the preparations to try it outside as well.