Wall bars

Gymnastics wall bars (a.k.a. gymnastics ladder) were invented at the beginning of the 19th century by the Swedish teacher Per Henrik Ling, who when suffering from arthritis, realized the therapeutic potential of wall-bars exercise.

With the support of the Swedish king, Ling founded “The Royal Institute for Gymnastics”, where he taught gymnastics as an art, which later became the working system in whole Europe. He later invented the vaulting box.