The wood is warm before you even take your weight on it

You set them down on the living room floor, a hand span apart, and the first thing you notice is that they do not skitter. The black pads under each block bite the boards. Then you take hold, and instead of your palm going flat on cold tile the fingers close right round a turned dowel, the way they would round a broom handle. Your chest drops between the two bars and you get lower than the floor ever let you.

Each bar is three pieces of the same beech: two solid end blocks and one turned dowel run between them. The four sided block is a trapezoid, wider at the floor than at the top. The hexagonal one cuts the same silhouette with angled shoulders. Nothing folds, nothing bolts on, and the grain runs visibly through both the block and the bar. Spans are 20, 25, 30, 40 and 50 cm, and both shapes come in all five.

Key Benefits

• Turned beech dowel grip A single sanded dowel rather than a moulded handle, so the hand closes right round it and finds its own position along the span.
• Solid beech end blocks The maker names solid beech, and the grain runs continuously through the block on the studio photographs.
• Black pad under every foot Each block meets the floor through a fitted pad rather than through bare end grain.
• Two end shapes Four sided trapezoid blocks or hexagonal blocks with angled shoulders. Same dowel, same pads, different silhouette.
• Five spans from 20 to 50 cm Short spans keep the hands under the shoulders, long spans leave room to move the hand along the bar.
• One piece, no assembly The bar arrives made. There is nothing to bolt together and nothing that can work loose.

Best for: anyone who trains on hard floors and wants the hand wrapped round a bar rather than flat on tile, and who would rather buy something made of one material than something moulded from four.

Why It Works

A push up on the floor stops when your chest touches. A bar lifts the hands, so the chest keeps travelling past them, and that single change is why parallettes have outlived every gadget sold alongside them. Beech is the reason this version is quiet: a wooden block and a fitted pad make almost no noise on floorboards, where a steel frame rings. The dowel is turned rather than moulded, which means it is the same diameter along its whole length and your hand can slide out toward the block for a wider set without leaving the grip. The maker lists handstand work among the uses too, so build up to it gradually on a firm level floor.

Quick Product Facts: beech wood push up bar; turned dowel grip between two solid end blocks; black pad fitted under each foot; end block shapes four sided trapezoid or hexagonal; spans 20, 25, 30, 40 and 50 cm; both shapes available in all five spans; no assembly; maker names solid beech; maker packing list reads one push up bracket, so order two for a bar under each hand.

How It Fits Your Routine

Week one is just push ups, done properly. Bars set under the shoulders, chest down between them, and you feel the extra travel immediately at the bottom. Most people do fewer reps on the first day than they did on the floor, which is the point.

Later the span becomes a variable. Hands wide on a 50 cm bar is a different exercise from hands close on a 20 cm one, and because both shapes are offered in every span you can pick the one that suits your floor and your shoulders rather than accepting one size.

Between sessions they live wherever a pair of shoes would. Wood wants a dry room and a wipe rather than a wash: a damp cloth and a dry cloth after it, and no soaking, since a solid block will raise its grain if you leave water sitting on it.

FAQ

How many bars come in one order? One order is a single bar, matching the maker packing list of one push up bracket. Order two units if you want a bar under each hand.

Is it built for handstand work? The maker lists handstand work among the uses. Build up to it gradually, and make sure both bars sit on a firm, level floor before you go upside down on them.

What is the difference between four sided and hexagonal? Only the shape of the end blocks. The trapezoid has straight sides, the hexagon has angled shoulders. Grip, pads and spans are identical.

What does the size refer to? The span along the bar, from 20 cm at the shortest to 50 cm at the longest.