Exercise equipment

[NinjaW78]

So there I was on Friday night having a chat with my mate at his house over a beer, we were discussing my attempts to lose weight and I thought initially he would ridicule me, but no!!!, whilst I was talking to him about week 2 of the plan where more physical exercise is incorporated he disappeared off into another room and came back with a pair of 5 1/2 lbs Chrome dumbbells which he said I could have. He's a builder by trade and said that he didn't need them as work keeps him in trim. Now Saturday morning I was inspired thinking what else could I do,so I looked around my garage (part of it is a workshop) got down some some wood and MDF off cuts, and made a aerobic step. I made the step so it is 2 feet long by 1 foot wide and 5 and a half inches off the ground, once I had completed it I put on Robert Palmer's 'Bad case of Loving you' (Doctor Doctor) and stepped on and off following the 4 beats in the bar, well it was the longest 3 minutes of my life, however it worked and my heart rate was through the roof, I'll chose a slower tune next time :-). Not satisfied with that I then made myself a Jump rope out of some 3 mm nylon rope (parachute cord as I know it) and some plastic electrical conduit tubing, again I did a short road test on the jump rope which worked fine, however I was still shot from the 3 minutes of Robert Palmer so put it away.

After that I looked again at the dumbbells my mate gave me, I thought that 5 and a 1/2 lbs (each) may be a little over the top to start with so I had another rummage around the garage, I found 12 lump hammers in the back of my workbench given to me by my late farther in law, I ran in the house nicked the wife's kitchen scales and weighed them all (she did catch me as was not impressed), by chance they paired up, starting at 2 lbs up to 4 1/2 lbs, so I cleaned off the rust, sanded the handles and then painted the heads Black, so now I have a selection of free dumbbells to start my second week of the plan, if I don't use them at least I will have the best selection of hammers in the village,:-).

Have a good day all.

Cheers Mick.

[Ceals]

Well done Mick, you are really showing intent. Go you!

[pcrw Maintainer Healthy BMI]

Thank you for that post which made me laugh out loud

[IndigoBlue61]

LOVE this post!! How creative, and economical NinjaW78

I also love to put music on as I exercise, and have a workout playlist saved to my phone, different speeds for different activities.

Have a good week, and don't forget just walking on the spot in between is useful. (Or dancing if you can . . . Just hope the neighbours aren't watching!) 😂

Good luck!

[NinjaW78 4lbs in reply to IndigoBlue61]

I should expand really, my garage is my sanctuary so although it is my workshop where I work on my motorbike and ride on mowers, I have carpeted it with cast off's from the rooms in our house, it has our old pioneer stereo and telly in there with heating and my beer fridge (more of a man cave really but full of tools etc etc), when I get 'jiggy' with it' doing my work out later there is no fear of the neighbours seeing the blubber fest as the window is netted and backs onto our garden. It's funny you should mention music, as I have just sorted out a play list on my lap top for tonight, and the selections range in tempo, so hopefully I won't die of a heart attack

[Active_43]

Sounds like a work out just prepping your homemade gym! Well done!

[NinjaW78 4lbs in reply to Active_43]

You're not wrong, and yes I have account for it in my plan as exercise,

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Wow!! Now that's determination. How resourceful. Good job!