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Water-filled dumbells - recommendations pls?

castadiva
castadiva Posts: 2,016 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Does anyone have any recommendations for hand/arm weights that can be filled with water and emptied for travel/storage? Ideally available in the UK? MY hand weights aren't practical for travelling!

Thanks in advance!

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,105 Member
    Does anyone have any recommendations for hand/arm weights that can be filled with water and emptied for travel/storage? Ideally available in the UK? MY hand weights aren't practical for travelling!

    Thanks in advance!
    Get a TRX suspension system instead. You can do way more with it.


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  • Sepheara
    Sepheara Posts: 208 Member
    I don't know how helpful this is, but before I had hand weights, I used empty milk jugs, because they have handles. Um, and you can fill it up with different amounts of water. I got the idea from Steve @ NerdFitness when he uses a gallon on milk in one of his youtube videos. not fancy, but free, and can get heavy.
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    gallon jugs
  • pobski
    pobski Posts: 42 Member
    aren't those trx things like really expensive? I remember clicking the link and hitting the back button as soon as I saw the price tag. If I were you, I'd search google with "hotel workout". They have a ton of ideas there for body weight exercises that don't require any equipment.
  • castadiva
    castadiva Posts: 2,016 Member
    aren't those trx things like really expensive? I remember clicking the link and hitting the back button as soon as I saw the price tag. If I were you, I'd search google with "hotel workout". They have a ton of ideas there for body weight exercises that don't require any equipment.

    They do seem to be fairly expensive, but I'm not entirely averse to spending a little if it's genuinely a good product, as I spend large parts of the year in hotels/short-term appartments/cities I don't know very well, so a gym membership is pointless. I've just never heard of it - something to research. Unfortunately a lot of the upper-body body-weight exercises put too much strain on my left wrist, which I have broken multiple times, though I use a number of the lower-body exercises. The gallon-bottle idea is great at home, but not easy to pack!
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    How about resistance bands? With the door attachment you can get a pretty complete workout with them and they take up practically no space in your luggage.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,105 Member
    aren't those trx things like really expensive? I remember clicking the link and hitting the back button as soon as I saw the price tag. If I were you, I'd search google with "hotel workout". They have a ton of ideas there for body weight exercises that don't require any equipment.

    They do seem to be fairly expensive, but I'm not entirely averse to spending a little if it's genuinely a good product, as I spend large parts of the year in hotels/short-term appartments/cities I don't know very well, so a gym membership is pointless. I've just never heard of it - something to research. Unfortunately a lot of the upper-body body-weight exercises put too much strain on my left wrist, which I have broken multiple times, though I use a number of the lower-body exercises. The gallon-bottle idea is great at home, but not easy to pack!
    If you travel alot, TRX is a good system to have. It's 2lbs in weight and you can do way more than just standard body weight exercises. For example: how can you effectively train your deltoids (front and rear) with just body weight exercises? Or what if you can't do a full push up? At least with the TRX you can control the amount of resistance you use. Look online at the exercises on youtube. Don't fret about the "crazy" strength ones, but look at the basic chest press and tricep extension just to see how innovative it is.

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  • emmamcc1981
    emmamcc1981 Posts: 133 Member
    i use 2 litre washed out milk cartons, filled with water. but you have to glue the lids on to prevent leakage. guess that doesn't really help you? :D
  • castadiva
    castadiva Posts: 2,016 Member
    aren't those trx things like really expensive? I remember clicking the link and hitting the back button as soon as I saw the price tag. If I were you, I'd search google with "hotel workout". They have a ton of ideas there for body weight exercises that don't require any equipment.

    They do seem to be fairly expensive, but I'm not entirely averse to spending a little if it's genuinely a good product, as I spend large parts of the year in hotels/short-term appartments/cities I don't know very well, so a gym membership is pointless. I've just never heard of it - something to research. Unfortunately a lot of the upper-body body-weight exercises put too much strain on my left wrist, which I have broken multiple times, though I use a number of the lower-body exercises. The gallon-bottle idea is great at home, but not easy to pack!
    If you travel alot, TRX is a good system to have. It's 2lbs in weight and you can do way more than just standard body weight exercises. For example: how can you effectively train your deltoids (front and rear) with just body weight exercises? Or what if you can't do a full push up? At least with the TRX you can control the amount of resistance you use. Look online at the exercises on youtube. Don't fret about the "crazy" strength ones, but look at the basic chest press and tricep extension just to see how innovative it is.

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    IDEA Fitness member
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    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    Thank you! I'll have a look at YouTube as you suggest. 2lb sounds like a nice, pack-able weight!
  • b1791
    b1791 Posts: 40 Member
    I use bands instead. They came in a travel pack with 3 bands of different resistance.
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