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2006/09/07, 11:47 PM
I have been buying bunches of fitness gear this past year as I have sadly got into this late in life.
Well my recent interest or “obsession” is to get some medicine balls of possibly various weights after my daughter and I had a lot of fun one day doing crunchies from the bench throwing a medicine ball at the gym. So I looked in to buying some. They are kinda pricey. Well today at a thrift store “Where I love to buy old steel plates” I got a idea to possibly take old bowling balls and perhaps wrap them in duct tape to loose their slipperiness.
About 3 bucks a piece vs 30 smakers. I don’t see why this couldn’t work but I have very little experience with them to know if I might be doing something unforeseeably wrong.
Any thoughts?
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2006/09/07, 11:56 PM
Sounds like a good idea
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2006/09/08, 07:50 AM
Most medicine balls have some give, either they bounce or are sand filled, so when youd rop them they won't break your floor. I think a bowling ball is going to lead to worse injury to you or floor, but hey, it is your toes/floor, so why not give it a whirl and see?
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Dont ever give up on a dream due to the amount of time it will take to achieve it. The time will pass anyway.
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Aim high, time flies (fortune cookie saying)
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2006/09/08, 01:37 PM
I was wondering about the floor as well. I have an outdoor exorcise area that I have pads on the concrete patio so I feel it could work out there just fine. Nothing to damage as long as the toes stay out of the way.
But my upper room for cold or rainy days I have a bench and a few bells and the carpet may not help the floor from dropped bowling balls, and Lord help me if it were to go bouncing down the stairs to land on the kitchen tile. My wife would now know where the ball should be kept.
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2006/09/09, 11:34 AM
Update on my simple life.
Translucent green swirl at 11.6 pounds, and my fingers fit the holes nicely.
$2.99. Works great! haven’t done a thing to it. I did 400 bench crunchies with it last night bare fingered and never even began to lose the grip just as it was. The gloves I sometimes wear would hold it for darn sure.
I’m enjoying trying various placements to hold onto like over the head vs. against the chest and reaching out with Russian crunches.
I love it so much I named it Pluto as apparently it ain’t a planet either.:)
I’ll keep my eye out for a heavier one but Pluto is a great start just as is. In fact it will work better for outdoor use, as I don’t think a bowling ball will rust or rot.
I checked at a local used sports equipment store for the genuine article before heading to the thrift store.
32.00 for a 12 pounder.
Perhaps another day.
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2006/09/09, 12:23 PM
You outta put some of those up for sale on ebay...you cold be the next .com millioaire!!!
Have fun!!:)
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