BaseBar VS B-Bars | How Do They Compare?
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
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One question I've received quite a bit in the comments on my other BaseBlocks videos is "what's the difference between the BaseBar and the B-Bars?" I tried explaining it in my replies but figured it was a topic worthy of a video in itself. In a nutshell, the BaseBar is a single horizontal bar so it's more limited in the exercises you can do. In comparison, the B-Bars allow you to do everything the BaseBar does, plus all parallette/parallel bar exercises and neutral-grip hanging exercises too. I explain everything in the video to give you a clearer idea.
For those of you who purchase a BaseBar and want to upgrade to B-Bars, check out their conversion kit: www.baseblocks.fit/pages/b-ba...
Product pages for the bars:
- BaseBar: www.baseblocks.fit/pages/basebar
- B-Bars: www.baseblocks.fit/pages/b-bars
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00:00 Intro
01:09 Design
03:44 Exercises
07:16 Storage
07:52 Summary
08:32 BaseBar Conversion Kit
09:02 Outro
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This answered the question that I was wondering just like so many others before me. Glad to have found this channel and looking forward to the journey of better health!!! Cheers
Really glad that I found your video! Also, very cool and helpful information regarding the conversion kit
Been wondering about this, thanks for sharing!
Thanks also for the great break down on these bars and the set up and all in depth info.
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Awesome review. Actually changed my mind on what I was going to order. Thanks again!
This video was insanely helpful. You read my mind
Didn't know about the conversion kit. Thanks!
Thank you so much for honest review:)
Those B-Bars look awesome! I've been looking for a good set of bars for a long time and I think I finally found them. Thanks!!
again, very helpful info! thank you very much.
Thanks for the video and the discount code.
Thanks for the review. It helped me alot.. since I have dip bars but they are kinda narrow for the front lever. SO I got a base bar. I can up grade with the attachment that I didn't know they had until this video. I can always get rid of the dip.bsrs and upgrade to the parallel for $10 vs just getting the b bar now. If I wanted to. The coupon helps. THIS help my choice.
Thank you for the review. Have you ever used your gymnastic rings with the BaseBar or B-Bars? they both look sturdy enough to hang them on.
That painting behind your head is glorious s 😂 like you’re pulling me into a time warp worm hole.
Thanks for your review. I considered investing in the more affordable Leberts but you answered questions I had about them. I'll definitely go with the B-Bars now, especially with your discount! Thanks again!
Just ordered the b-bars today. Has the purchase been worth it so far?
Seems like a good idea.. I may try this out! One question.. I typically do pull ups with a pretty wide distance between my hands. On this it seems you can't. Did you find that bothersome?
B-bars can be used for anything that Basebar can be used for. But that doesnt work the otherway around I guess.
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very good information
Thank you One Punch Man, you and your reviews are the best. 👍🏼
I bought the Base Bar after seeing your review on it, and I like it immensely. I just bought the B Bar conversion kit after seeing this review. Thanks for the 10 percent off discount code!!!
Thanks for the support! 🙏
Thanks for this! will you be doing a review on the Big Bar?
Yes, stay tuned! I should be receiving it later this coming week.
Helpful info. Thank you!
Have you made a tuck planche video? If not, can you please?
Thanks for the review. I had bought the b-bars through your link with discount, thanks again for that. I find them to be stable enough and made of decent quality material(considering its made in china). However the engineering could use some improvement. When it comes to changing the height of the b-bars it is a little annoying. As I have to stagger the bar(s) from each side in order to raise it or lower it. Do you know of any other companies which produce a similar competing product which allows for raising of the bars with ease and still maintain its rigidity? Other than that I like these bars. I dont have to always drive all the way out to a park to get a work out in. 👍
Agreed. Adjusting the height on the B-Bars is a bit of work because of all the pins, and the pins sometimes fight you and don't go in so easily. Turning the bar upside down helps a lot, I'd even say it's necessary, but it still takes some patience. I've gotten better at with practice though 😊 I haven't tried any other similar products that allow height adjustment. I've tried several that are free moving (unattached) or width-adjustable attached, but none of them were height adjustable like the B-Bars.
I feel that if changing the height was easier (with the current grenade pin system), it would indicate the poles fit together too loosely and actually end up being more shaky.
Useful video, thanks! I think the basebars is all i need for now. Very good to know there's a conversion kit so that I don't need to experience fomo down the road.
Sorry if I missed it, but what is the minimum and maximum hand width adjustments on the B-Bar? Thank you very much for the all the video information. I'm considering the B-bars, but the width handle dimensions is what I'm looking for now. Plus, I don't know if clicking the link will still save me 10%.
Could you do a ''back lever'' with the BaseBar?
I just received my B bars yesterday and find them perfect for the space I have and the exercises I want to perform. I will say the powder coat did get in the pin holes and does make getting them in the first time difficult, but easier after a couple tries. I wish it were made in the US 🙄.
Could you do incline pushups with these?
I like the minimalistic design of the base bar. It super simple and versatile, plus can fit in my small room. I sold my house recently because I had to, and had to get rid of a bunch of gym stuff. Now Im thinking to have a minimalistic setup in my room without damaging the house because it’s not mine… that means I can’t have pullup bars on the doorframe, I can’t nail anything to the wall, and I don’t want to crack the floor with heavy weights, so I’m thinking resistance bands and a base bar will be my new path.
Question, does the base bar easily disassemble so that I can tuck it in the closet?
It said u should be able to, did u buy it
Just ordered my b bars this morning. Made sure to use your discount code.
Thanks for the support! 🙏
Happy Easter from Greece
Can you tell me how many lbs can hold those bars
You better throw a rocking party at that crib before the in-laws come home. Peace
I ordered the Base Bar with your code. I'll keep you posted on how it is. Thanks for the discount w free shipping.
Thanks for the support! I hope you love the basebar as much as I do.
Thanks I might do this instead of going to gym which will cost way more after a few months
thank you ! great video! can you do muscle up dips on the b-bar? what state do you live in? awesome view!
Thanks! Absolutely, you can do straight bar dips and strict muscle ups on the b-bars. And I live in northern Illinois, just 5 miles south of the Wisconsin border.
@@MinusTheGym Thanks for getting back to me . B-bars it is ! Love your view but don’t love the cold lol
I think it is a stretch to call pushing a few more pins into a slot "work".
I use Gymnastic rings, is there really any point of getting these at all as well?
I like the new Big Bar
I have free standing parallettes and have found them to be great, unfortunately they are not adjustable height wise, but I have a free standing pull up bar, so I do okay. The B Bars look like a great piece of kit that will be worth a future investment. I have one question for you though, do you have a rule of thumb for how wide apart to place the parallettes? Is it just a matter of finding a comfortable distance or is it related to how wide your shoulders are?
Yeah, comfort is most important, but I find shoulder width or slightly wider is best for me. I’ve heard gymnasts recommend the measurement between the bars (inside of each bar) should be minimally the same distance as the edge of your elbow to your finger tips (or wider).
I love gymnastics rings also and want to know where I can use them again
It's surprising how few places there are to hang them when traveling. Tree branches are either too low, or too high to reach. Don't ask the clerk at your hotel for an extension ladder so you can climb the tree out front - their reaction is amusing but you don't get a ladder. You'd think a hotel "gym" would have a pullup bar, but they usually don't.
Any b bar alternate that ships internationally?
Looks like you can squat it too. How much does it weigh?
Could you show Barre & strap work on the B-bar to see more versatility?
I personally haven't done barre fitness before, but you could definitely use the basebar (or b-bars) as a ballet barre. They provide more than enough support.
what a great commercial. I like this product
we need a B bar with less pins, quicker adjustment, easier storage. B bar pro is huge in storage mode. Wish there was an in between
Based on this vid, I got the basebar pro (new) and my mate is going to get the B-Bar. All came down to size. I live in an apartment and he lives in a house.
Used your promo code :) Thank you for the info!
If you order either of these: save the packaging materials and open them in such a way that you can reuse the boxes. Mine shipped with all kinds of defects all over where you would actually want to grip, and basically it's like razor sharp goosebumps all over the bars. It's "OK" with lifting gloves, but those will probably get damaged quickly. Trying to use the bars that were shipped to me barehanded would mean one wrong slip in any direction and my hands would be scraped to hell. Mine also already had rust on it too!
They gave me the option of either sending mine back with a shipping label, or a $45 refund. I had to choose the refund because I didn't save my boxes (like I do with every electronic item shipped to me), not thinking they would arrive in such a disastrous state. Pretty much the worst state I've ever had exercise equipment shipped to me. They were willing to send a replacement, but I didn't save the boxes, so that was on me.
Wow. Thieves they are. Terrible customer service. Report them ASAP. We should boycott such a company
@@mikec5099 What? I was never suggesting that. As I previously stated, they were willing to send me a replacement, but I did not have the original box anymore, so I could not send mine back to get an exchange.
I've been using mine since I got it, but I just have to wear lifting gloves to protect my hands, and I make sure to close my eyes when doing pulling exercises below it.
It's a *relatively* good product, but defects happen and I was just trying to warn people ahead of time to look for them, and to also keep their packaging until they fully inspect theirs.
@@Neonmirrorblack never said that you said that.
I’m going based off the evidence you provided. They ARE thieves. They should be boycotted.
Hi thanks for this. Is it possible to do muscle ups on the B Bars? How stable are these?
You’d have to put sandbags or other weights onto the feet of the B-Bars to stabilize them while you work on muscle up negatives and other progressions. Basically, you’d have to rig it for extra stability and train for a *strict* muscle up, no kipping whatsoever, since they’d wobble from any explosiveness.
I’ve honestly never found a pull up bar built by a third party (free-standing or mounted) that was perfectly designed for muscle up training. The only bar I’ve consistently used for muscle ups is the one I built in my back yard, and the posts are cemented a meter down into the ground.
Can you make a beginner bbar workout video where people watching can do a bbar workout with you?
Great idea
wow that place is heaven to me
Thanks! I am looking at buying a set from BaseBlocks. Do you have a discount code or link that works for the UK Store please?
Hi Scott. I didn’t know BaseBlocks had a separate UK store, but they did give me this discount link that provides 10% off at checkout. As far as I know, it should work for any geographical location, but it does not qualify for Pro line products: baseblocks.fit/?minusthegym
Be great if they provided two extension poles for the Basebar to convert it into a full height pullup frame.
Yeah, that would be cool. Like a BaseBar to BigBar conversion kit.
(you should get a camera with eye-autofocus, kinda distracting having the camera searching for focus all the time)
Hi thanks for the review I would just like to know are there any differences between the basebar and the basebar pro other than the 52 inch vs 50 inch height difference and the easyness of adjusting? Thanks I'll use ur discount code when I end up purchasing it I read ur article
Hey Jerry. I don’t believe there’s much difference between the pro vs original aside from extra height like you mentioned. The height of the pro is adjusted with grenade click pins, just like the original. The main difference is the feet can fold up like the Big Bar, which makes for easier storage. I personally am very happy with the original and feel like the Pro line is mainly just charging more for the GSP name on it.
Thanks if you used my discount code! I appreciate the support 🙏
@@MinusTheGym thank you
If I am 6’4, on the regular basebar’s highest height setting, will I be able to do full range of motion L sit pull-ups without issues? Or will my range of motion be limited?
I put the base of the bars on blocks for more height
Can you attach gym rings and do dips on the base bar?
You can attach rings but they will be too low for dips (plus the basebar above would get in the way). You'd want to use the rings for push ups and other low exercises like that, while dips would be done as straight bar dips directly on the base bar (not the rings).
Hey man , how can I deal with injuries? Shoulder pain, impingement in my case. or dealing with setbacks in general.
Hanging
On a bar
I weigh 320 can these hold me?
would someone that's 6'1" be able to do a chin up on the b bar (with legs up)?
Your torso isn’t 6’1” so you’ll be perfectly fine.
So using the b-bars as a solo bar without the other doesn't look adviseable? (shorter base). Probably best to get the basebar and then the addon later?
You can still do single bar exercises on the b-bars, like straight bar dips, strict muscle ups, bodyweight rows, etc. You just use one side of them. But if you’d rather only have a single bar for easier storage, then yeah, I’d recommend the basebar and maybe get the expansion pack later if you ever decide to upgrade to b-bars.
@@MinusTheGym thanks
What is your height?
Great content! Are you going to review the big bar ?
I wasn’t planning on it. That bar is massive and I wouldn’t really be able to use it in some of the rooms of my house. They offered to send it to me but I declined. One thing that does intrigue me is the ability to hang rings on it, though 🤔
@@MinusTheGym Yep. Same here. That was what intrigued me as well (the rings).
@@MinusTheGym Can you hang rings on b bars?
Thank you so much for the video! I'm considering buying the B-Bars. I'm 6,4 (1,94m). Do you think I am too tall for pull ups?
We are similar in height and I have long arms. I was just going to check the height of the bars and the length of my arms. If the height is greater than my arm length than we should be good.
@@s7r49 Baseblocks couldn't ship it to my country for a long time. I'll probably get them at some point this month. I can tell you then.
@@florian1507 Did you end up getting them? I am the same height and considering the basebar. Wondering if you ended up getting the bbar and if it ended up working out for you?
@@Nocean831 Yes, I ended up buying them. I can't fully extend my arms but they work well
@@florian1507 sweet, thanks for the reply! Good to know
$330 CAD before tax is a bit steep for someone who's just trying to start up with calisthenics and body weight training. Are there any other cheaper alternatives on the market?
Facts
just regular paralettes you won't be able to do l sit pullups but you'll be able to do any exercise besides that
Why not shipping world wide ???
got my b bars coming in the mail, can't wait!
Save your boxes and check for defects before throwing the boxes out. Mine came in a terrible state.
@@Neonmirrorblack oh shit really? What was wrong them them?
@@Randeezus My initial post, before replying explains it.
Is it stable enough to do muscle up?
A strict muscle up, yes, but you can’t kip on these bars. They’ll rock too much.
@@MinusTheGym Thanks, man
These seem rather expensive its 270 for a set of b-bars!
Is that a Jackson Pollock painting behind you?
It looks like one, but actually my brother-in-law made it for his parents 😊
@@MinusTheGym I was gonna say, your in-laws must have some serious cash.
Discount doesn't work when purchasing on Europe
They changed it to a link, in case you were still trying my old discount code. The new link is baseblocks.fit/?minusthegym and applies 10% off at checkout for any of the originals (not pro line).
B Bar vs Big Bar
What amazes me is that companies form around such basic products. They're all identical. And they're all such simple designs. No innovation, just cheap mass producable crap which you could make yourself. Also, you'll always be disappointed by how unstable they are. Concrete some posts in the ground and then use metal bars in whatever configuration you desire.
Can't concrete in the ground if you have an apartment. And can't use outside bars in the snow. Well, I guess you could, but it might not be very enjoyable!
Above all else ...DONT LET IN-LAWS PLANTS DIE !!!
So I bought this after watching this video and after hearing you say these are essentially 2 basebars connected with a bracket in the middle. This isn’t exactly true. When you disconnect these, each single bar has a significantly shorter foot base than the actual basebar making it less stable when my kid swings around on it. I’m going to have to send it back and buy an actual basebar and the conversion kit so I can truly have both a dual setup and the possibility of a singular basebar when needed.
I just ordered the B bars. Noticed your comment afterwards. I think you're right about it. But I'll solve this (if it becomes a problem for me) by using pvc pipes to extend the base..
got my b bars….just need to put them together…..kick myself to do it….
Have you done it yet! How are you going with them?
Just-in: B-Bars
These are bonkers expensive
Giveaway? 🤔😉
Not a bad idea! I did one at 100k subs so maybe it’s time for another giveaway 😊
Didnt you in law's get mad at after seeing this video 😆😆😆
Holy fuck. He really does look like Johnny sins
Does someone have one of these bars and wants to sell them to me for a nice price?
any luck?
Maybe ill get the b bars.
$245. & $269 ? yeah I can't swing that
Omg the bald from brazzers
Does anyone know if doing pull-ups on the parallets is a good idea?
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Way too expensive though
Uhmmm this painting and your head, hmmm and then the talking, “;talking bald head, in space alien, i mean huh dont want to insult you just perfect contrast against the painting …., “ i m sorry i ve ADD, and just focused on all the energy around your head. “Wow you must have an immense amount of ideas” , huh thats what i thought. But yeah maybe just my projection. So sorry off course the talk is about base/ b bar…😅
Dude! You need to remake this video. Seriously just watch it. This vid does not do a good job of comparing base bar vs B-bar. The first 3 mins of the vid is just you going blah blah blah. And I don't say that to troll you. You spent 1/3 of your vid just talking a bunch of crap. You even say it yourself at 3:45, "Lets dive into the exercises, which I'm sure most people are clicking on this video for..." I mean seriously. It's a video. Show us your pros and cons. If we're just gonna watch you sitting in front of a camera for 7.5 mins of a 9 min vid, then why not write a magazine article? I did learn one thing... the existance of B-bars. I think I want one. Unfortunately I don't feel I can decide based on this vid. Sorry man but I'm not one of your subs and I'm not gonna kiss your @ss like a lot of these commenters are. I'm just trying to tell you the truth. Sorry if I couldn't find a nicer way to do it....
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