very nice solution! it will help your mental seconds too! if the gym is really quiet i can hear the clock tick.

and yep, i think they are the same but i haven't been able to find enough photos to confirm. flexiprincess calls them russian levers -- i think it might be a british name. hers are so pretty.

http://www.spelthorne-acrobatic-gymnastics.com/R&S%20russian%20lever.JPG