Busy Being Jennifer

What doesn't kill you make you blonder

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Shop
  • Contact
  • Recipes
  • DIY Projects
  • Crafts
  • Essential Oils
  • Every Day Boss

July 12, 2015 by Jennifer

101 Handmade Days: Make Your Own Workout Equipment

This post may contain affiliate or brand partner links. Read our full disclosure here.

Since Jennifer is participating in 101 Handmade Days and I am soooo craft challenged (I appreciate all of my crafty friends so much, especially when they make me cool stuff), I decided to show you how to make your own exercise equipment. I want to preface this by saying that I don’t make all of my own equipment but if I can I do.

Dumbbells

Dumbbells are a staple in most workouts. They add resistance and help build muscle. If you don’t have any don’t feel like you need to rush out and buy dumbbells you can use soup cans, water bottles, or any other heavy items you have around the house. When I am doing my BIG lifting days I use our 10 gallon water jugs. I don’t get a lot of reps out of them (HELLO, they are heavy!) but I do get a full muscle burnout which is what I’m looking for.

Yoga Straps

Yoga straps are great for getting a deeper stretch. They are also pricey at the store. You just need to hit your local hardware store and buy a length of rope. They will cut it to your specifications, I normally have it cut to three feet. Tie the ends to make a comfortable place to put your hands or feet depending on the stretch and voila, you have a yoga strap!

shareasimage

The World Is Your Workout

Alyssa at www.homefieldfitness.com and fellow Girls Gone Sporty Ambassador likes to use Football Fields and Basketball courts for running stairs, doing dips, and any other fun workout she can come up with. As an added bonus the markers on the field and court are great for marking distances!

#101HandmadeDays – ITs all about making your own Workout Equipment!!

Click To Tweet

Do you make your own workout equipment? Tell me about it.

Filed Under: Gettin' Healthy Tagged With: 101 Handmade Days, excercise, Fitness, health, make it your self, Wellness

❮❮ Previous Post
Next Post ❯ ❯

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

About Me
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Search

Categories

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Places I Party...

© 2023 · Busy Being Jennifer · Privacy Policy

We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website.

You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings.

Busy Being Jennifer
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. Read our complete privacy policy here.

You can adjust all of your cookie settings by navigating the tabs on the left hand side.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.