What Are Some Substitutions For Weights ?

donyellemoniquex3
donyellemoniquex3 Posts: 2,384 Member
edited February 11 in Fitness and Exercise
I have a set of 2, 3 and 5lbs dumbells that I got my mom (and I use them more than she does -_-). But instead of a medicine ball, using my mom's 16.9lbs bowling ball. BOY it really makes a difference. Why use 17lbs of sand / pellets, when you can use 17lbs of cement / concrete ?

What are some of YOUR favorite makeshift equipment ?

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  • supra_driven
    supra_driven Posts: 90 Member
    I use milk/water jugs filled with sand. The ones with the screw on cap! And then I'll put them inside a back pack for extra resistance doing elevated push ups or long slow paced jogs. I do mostly body weight exercises so they come in handy when I need to add some resistance.
  • saracantthink
    saracantthink Posts: 49 Member
    I use cans, lol! I hate doing arm work outs, plus I am not sure how much you are allowed to lift while pregnant, so I swing cans around while I do cardio.
  • sillyvalentine
    sillyvalentine Posts: 460 Member
    I use milk/water jugs filled with sand. The ones with the screw on cap! And then I'll put them inside a back pack for extra resistance doing elevated push ups or long slow paced jogs. I do mostly body weight exercises so they come in handy when I need to add some resistance.

    I do this too. And I lift my German Shepherd (68 lbs). She thinks its funny.

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  • BranDiesel_27
    BranDiesel_27 Posts: 46
    go to hardware store an by 5-10 dollars worth of sand bags
  • GummyHuman
    GummyHuman Posts: 193 Member
    I've got a pretty embarrassing setup happening. I've just started trying to lift some weights this month, so I haven't bit the bullet and bought the real deal yet.

    I've been using a 24pack of bottled water (@25lbs) and taping my little 20 lbs of dumbells to the top to get 45 lbs.
    Tonight, I put it all in a box and added a bucket of plaster and some more water bottles for about 60 lbs
    I am also using my daughter as a weight by having her sit on an ottoman and lifting one side of it.

    Might be time for a real weight set :blushing:
  • frood
    frood Posts: 295 Member
    Clean & press a suitcase into the overhead bin. :bigsmile:
  • GummyHuman
    GummyHuman Posts: 193 Member
    Clean & press a suitcase into the overhead bin. :bigsmile:

    Suitcase! Great idea!
  • GummyHuman
    GummyHuman Posts: 193 Member

    I do this too. And I lift my German Shepherd (68 lbs). She thinks its funny.

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    Aww! Shepherds are my favorite dogs. And they are MUCH better weights than a dachshund, which is my 2nd fave dog and what I have now. Her 12 lbs does me no good!
  • yogicarl
    yogicarl Posts: 1,260 Member
    I've used a 5 litre bottle of water and then wet sand for Turkish get-ups, bags of sand in a rucksack for weighted squats, lifted the dog (Golden Retriever) for front squats - handy if you do a lot of rambling with the dog and you need him/her to get used to being carries over gates etc.

    I use just bodyweight most of the time and find an exercise that is just within my strength range. Bodyweight calisthenics is no more limited than weigh-lifting if you study it well.

    edit: just to add, you can also use resistance bands to help reduce your own bodyweight in some exercises like pull-ups and chin-ups, by throwing a sling over the pull-up bar and dropping your foot or knee into it to take off some resistance.
  • LCgymnast
    LCgymnast Posts: 258
    Resistance Bands Rock!
  • joolywooly33
    joolywooly33 Posts: 421 Member
    My 2 year old :embarassed:
  • RaggedyPond
    RaggedyPond Posts: 1,487 Member
    Hauling bodies
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