A New Parallel Bar

After focusing so intensely on floor balance today, I felt a strong urge to test my upper body strength on something new. Exploring along the lower shelf of the living room bookcase, I discovered a heavy brass mechanical pencil resting horizontally across an open hardcover novel. Checking its stability first, I carefully reached up, wrapped both hands firmly around the knurled metal barrel, and pulled myself into a steady support hold. Suspending my body completely above the page without tipping the pencil required absolute stillness in my core. Feeling the solid, cool metal support my weight made me eager to try an entire apparatus routine. #Gymnastics