Stall bars  (also known as stahl bars) are another one of those pieces of equipment that went out of fashion, but with the realisation that they were actually very useful, are making a comeback.

Stall bars are basically a set of horizontal bars fitted relatively close to one another between two vertical bars like a ladder, with the whole unit mounted to a wall.  They're best known for their use in gymnastics facilities, where their purpose is to support a wide  range of strength and flexibility work.

The all-round nature of CrossFit has seen stall bars largely making their comeback on that scene as an integral part of building fitness.  Because they're such a great piece of equipment they're also making their way into a lot of training facilities that really value a holistic approach to health and fitness.

A good set of stall bars will have the horizontal bars spaced close enough to enable a wide variety of positions, incremental changes in position and use by all different body types.

And a good set of stall bars must be robust enough to support a range of different activities and a range of different body weights.

Iron Edge are now making stall bars to order that meet both of the above requirements for a good stall bars.  The Iron Edge stall bars are 240cm high so even really tall people will be able to use them comfortably!  The Iron Edge stall bars are mounted a little bit further away from the wall than most traditional wooden stall bars so you can use both sides of them and you can even hook up other pieces of equipment to them such as gymnastic rings or a TRX to make get even more variety out of your stall bars (and out of any equipment hooked up to it).

Stall bars are highly versatile and don't take up much space, so provide very good value for money in small gyms, personal training studios or garage gyms.

So, once you've got your stall bars what can you do with them?

The answer is heaps!  There are some videos that will give you ideas on how to use them for both strength and flexibility work.

This is definitely something to aspire to...

Prehab for the back on the stall bars:

Some stuff for the core

And flexibility work...

Those videos just give you a small taste of what can be done - the possibilities are endless!

For more info on stall bars in Australia click here.