A Pommel Horse is an apparatus that is used in artistic gymnastics.
Usually, this kind of equipment is being used by gymnasts who are male.
The reason behind this is that there are certain intense and strong elements that must be done in order for the apparatus to be effectively be used.
Typically, this tool is made up of a frame that is metal or sometimes that of a wood.
Occasionally, it is also covered with leather decorations in order to protect the gymnast.
As of the present, the modernized style of the body of the pommel horse is made out of metal which is covered either by foam or a rubber, where it has already plastic handles in it - called pommels.
The pommel horse was already develop long years ago, during the war era.
As a matter of fact this kind of material is not only used by gymnasts but also being manipulated by the soldiers.
The benefits that the soldiers have received in this apparatus are that they have been using it as a replica horse for them to be able to practice in dismounting and mounting.
Actually, it was mentioned that even the famous Alexander the Great had been using such apparatus.
There are a lot of different styles that a gymnast can do in the pommel horse.
It can be a single leg exercise or that of the double leg work exercise.
It has been also deemed that this tool is one of the many difficult and confusing competitions that male gymnasts enter into.
Therefore, a person must be already a professional or expert when using it.