Your favorite homemade workout equipment

1808kristin · February 2014

Hi all!

Instead of buying dumbbells I have two 500 ml water bottles I use. They look less suspicious on my work desk and were very light on my poor wallet.

Does anyone else have home made, improvised workout equipment that is easy and cheap to make ?

uconnwinsnc · February 2014

You can do pushups, planks, burpees, body weight squats, lunges, mountain climbers, ....Nothing better than an open space on the floor. Although, a nice hardwood floor like that is not easy or cheep to make!

1808kristin · February 2014

You can do pushups, planks, burpees, body weight squats, lunges, mountain climbers, ....Nothing better than an open space on the floor. Although, a nice hardwood floor like that is not easy or cheep to make!

That is a nice floor :laugh:

rybo · February 2014

Sand bags

Myhaloslipped · February 2014

Bump to read everyone's suggestions later.

Topsking2010 · February 2014

I exercise in my basement doing squats, jumping jacks, pushups and crunches.

StraubreyR · February 2014

This winter, I would have to say it's my snow shovel. *laughs*

tattygun · February 2014

Got a piece of wooden dowel, bout an inch thick and 1' long with a hole drilled centrally, piece of rope about a meter or so long tied through the hole with a loop on the other end. Thread loop through a weight plate and then pass the dowel through the loop to secure the plate. Hold your arms out holding the dowel with an overhand grip, plate on the floor. Twist the dowel drawing the plate up, lower and repeat. Destroys your forearms!

MichaelForgets · February 2014

I use an 800 page manual I have on my office desk. When no-one is around, I do all sorts of lateral raises and overhead presses with it, while the other hand is controlling the mouse/keyboard. It is rather light (at probably 10-15 lbs) but I'll do it to fatigue on one side, then switch arms, do the same there, then back to the first arm for more...

And as a seasonal workout... I've gotten to enjoy shovelling snow. Most everyone shovels with always the same arm forwards, but the challenge here is to shovel with your "wrong" arm forward, as that works muscles you probably work less often. Just remember to lift with the legs and not the back!

Richardson62617 · February 2014

bump

JLHNU212 · February 2014

Bump for the awesome advice!! Thanks for asking!!!

Zomoniac · February 2014

Got a piece of wooden dowel, bout an inch thick and 1' long with a hole drilled centrally, piece of rope about a meter or so long tied through the hole with a loop on the other end.

You need to pick a measurement system and stick with it, that's just confusing!

geebusuk · February 2014

Nothing better than an open space on the floor.

I'd suggest a power cage in that space is better

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Not made it look pretty as I've got plenty of other things to do; may do at some point when avoiding doing other useful things!
Total cost for me was one pack of screws - had the wood and metal lying around.

Deestrong68 · February 2014

Put on a Brand new pair of Socks, Spray pledge on the wooden floor above and
you have a home made treadmill !

j/k

tattygun · February 2014

Got a piece of wooden dowel, bout an inch thick and 1' long with a hole drilled centrally, piece of rope about a meter or so long tied through the hole with a loop on the other end.

You need to pick a measurement system and stick with it, that's just confusing!

Don't be all jelly cos I'm an ambidextrous measurement system flipping muthaf£%ka! :smokin:

30mm dowel, 300mm long and 1m of rope for the metrics or 1" dowel, 1' long and 3' of rope for them imperial folk!