What are some heavy household objects I could lift?

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silvermist18903
silvermist18903 Posts: 27 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I don't have any money for weights right now, so can anyone help me come up with heavy household objects to do weight training with, in the mean time?
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  • quruuxley
    quruuxley Posts: 20
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    I used to use two water bottles full, standard not the full 1L, at the beginning of my 30day shreds since I would do that at home not at the gym. I had to buy weights just because you outgrow the 2lbs quickly! lol. It's not a huge investment. I got 10lbs weights at Walmart for around $20.
  • sandobr1
    sandobr1 Posts: 319 Member
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    Fill a backpack with books, you can adjust as needed, and it has handles.
  • silvermist18903
    silvermist18903 Posts: 27 Member
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    Wow, those are amazing ideas guys! Thanks!
  • MyOwnSunshine
    MyOwnSunshine Posts: 1,312 Member
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    5-gallon water jugs (the ones that you put on water coolers) weigh about 40 pounds. You can do farmer's carries with 2 of them, goblet squats, sumo deadlifts, etc.

    Edited to add: Buy (or check out of the library) a book on body weight exercises. Push-ups, chin-ups, planks...
  • sPaRkLiNgLYFE
    sPaRkLiNgLYFE Posts: 609
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    fill milk jugs with water, if that's too heavy lift can goods, one can in each hand
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
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    A gallon of milk/water weighs about 8 lbs.

    Fill a pillow case or durable bag with sand, adjust to whatever weight you need it.

    The more awkward the object, the more stabilizer muscles you'll need to use to keep it stable.
  • AnnaVee84
    AnnaVee84 Posts: 345 Member
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    books, canned food, gardening pails or buckets, bag of rice, chains...small children :laugh:
  • __RANDY__
    __RANDY__ Posts: 1,036 Member
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    I'd squat my couches. Moving mattresses is always an incredible work out.

    Body weight dips on chairs or bath tub.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
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    If you have cats, lift bags or buckets of kitty litter. Some are up to 40 pounds.
  • jkirby79
    jkirby79 Posts: 44 Member
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    I got really inspired by the book: You are your Own Gym by Mark Lauren. The idea is that you can strength train without leaving your house if you are willing to get a little creative. There are literally a zillion (maybe not literally) body weight exercises ranging from easy to extremely difficult that do not require weights. I've been doing one of his programs listed in the book for 5 weeks and am liking it. See if your library has it!
  • Markguns
    Markguns Posts: 554 Member
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    Water in plastic bottles, in milk jugs, your kids, your neighbors kids, shovels of dirt, Yourself: body weight exercises (search it) you can do presses in doorways for example... :bigsmile: :laugh:
  • Improvised
    Improvised Posts: 925 Member
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    I lift my kids.
  • kcaffee1
    kcaffee1 Posts: 759 Member
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    Your four legged, furry children work well also. I don't know how many times my cats wound up serving double duty for me as dumbbells!
  • efirkey
    efirkey Posts: 298 Member
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    An iron skillet weighs a ton.

    There are a lot of body weight exercises you can do to get a great workout.

    If you have a wood pile, unstack it, move it to a new location, and stack it.
  • janegalt37
    janegalt37 Posts: 270 Member
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    Visit www.nerdfitness.com

    You'll love it!
  • selina884
    selina884 Posts: 826 Member
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    fill 2 milk bottles with sand.

    Dumbbells sorted
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
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    firewood, saddles, chainsaws, gallon jugs (full), toasters, blenders, 5 lb. bags of flour, War and Peace, cement blocks........
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
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    I like all of these ideas. Thank you guys so much for sharing them!
  • ladymiseryali
    ladymiseryali Posts: 2,555 Member
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    If you have kitty litter jugs, those can be quite tiring to lift up and put down again. If you really want to challenge yourself, if you have a backpack, fill it with rocks or something and then squat with it.
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
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    People and pets. I use my dog as a dumbbell for skull crushers and bicep curls (he's around 22lbs) and I use my brother for squats (around 150lbs) but he doesn't like to cooperate often so I normally just go to the gym :laugh:

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