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About 5'9 165lbs and I have long arms. I bought these bars specifically so I could train the front lever at home. Keep reading...
Hopefull this review answers any and all questions you may have. I spent quite some time searching for a review similar to the one I'm about to leave, but to no avail. Alright, so the Lebert Fitness EQualizer Bars... Where do I begin. Over priced? I would say without a doubt, yes. However, they are the tallest dip bars I could find to fit my needs. I ordered the black XL. Took me about 5mins to assemble the bars. Very straight forward in that regard. Some reviews mentioned they aren't so stable. I can see why they say that and I suppose I would agree, but if YOU are stable then so are the bars. If you were to add sand to the inside of the bottom of the bars that would alleviate that I'm sure. Some reviews say they wobble and don't even sit flat on the ground. I too will agree because one of my bars is kind of like this, but I use them on carpet so I don't necessarily feel it or see it like others might. The DVD that is included, stated to be a $50 value is useless and definitely not worth $50. It might be useful if you have absolutely no clue about fitness and you don't know what youtube is, but otherwise its just a bs DVD tossed in there to try and justify the price point of the product.
More about the product. As stated, I'm about 5'9 and I have long arms. I can do dips just fine and my knees don't touch the ground, which seems to be an issue for people taller or those who don't buy the XL. I'd say if you're 6ft or over then you would need to put blocks of wood or something underneath the bars to give yourself enough clearance for dips. I can do plenty of "above the bar" movements without it feeling unstable because like I said, If YOU are stable then so are the bars. However, I probably wouldn't recommend trying a handstand or at least, I won't be trying to handstand with them. As I've said before, I bought these for front lever training and these would be great for front lever training IF you are shorter than 5'9 or don't have long arms. These bars aren't as wide as I'd like them to be so I'm stuck training with a slightly more narrow grip than I'd prefer. And with arms fully extended and locked out, while holding a tuck front lever, my back is BARELY off of the ground. I can see someone shorter getting waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy more out of these without having to modify anything, but for myself and those like me, you will have to prop the bars up on some wood to get decent clearance while training the front lever. Overall I'm satisfied, but had I known how narrow the grip would be for what I need then I might not have purchased them. But thats my fault for not reading.
In summary, these bars are good for pretty much any and all novice level - intermediate calisthenics movements. And there is nothing that really separates them from their competion aside from the name and having Frank Medrano make a video with them.
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