Eco Wooden Gym Rings

Until now the rings hung in the box

You know the movements long since: ring rows in the warm-up, dips in the WOD, at some point the first muscle-up. The rings just always hung somewhere else – in the box rig, in the gym hall, at your coach's place. Now you want them on your own beam or on a ceiling anchor at home. And you need surprisingly little for that: a pair of rings, two straps and two load-bearing points above you. That is exactly what is in this package.

The number you need before you drill is the anchor spacing: 50 to 60 centimetres between the two hanging points. Hang them much wider apart and the rings pull you outwards on dips and ring push-ups. Hang them too close and you cannot get through cleanly when you re-grip. Once that spacing is set, it covers nearly the whole ring spectrum – from ring rows and push-ups through dips and L-sits to the muscle-up. And what works on the rig works just the same on a ceiling anchor in the basement or on a thick branch outside.

Rings, straps, cam buckle – there is nothing more to it

Wood feels different in the hand than coated steel: it stays dry, warms up under your palm and forgives sweaty hands better. The grip measures 31 mm – thick enough that the rings sit solidly in your hand, thin enough that you do not cut a long set short because of your grip. You get two rings, each with its own strap, already threaded.

The strap runs straight through the ring and back up into a metal cam buckle. Pull the webbing through, let go, the buckle bites – that is how you set the height. You do not need a carabiner for it, and there is none in the box. There are no numbers on the webbing either, so you match the two sides by eye.

Is 225 cm of strap enough for you?

The 225 cm is the length of the webbing, not automatically the distance between anchor and ring – the strap runs down through the ring and back up to the buckle, after all. On a rig crossbeam or under a normal room ceiling you are well served, because everything there happens at two to three metres. Under a high hall ceiling or an open roof truss it gets tight.

That is exactly what the Holzringe mit nummerierten Straps are for, with 6 m of webbing and numbers woven in. The length is one point, the numbering the other: hang your rings once and leave them hanging, and you need no numbers. If several athletes change the height every day, the numbers save them the re-adjusting each time. Both are a sound decision – it hangs on your room, not on your standards.