How to MAKE YOUR OWN WEIGHTS

Sep 23, 2010 10:45 PM

hey, soo you want to learn how to ,make your own weights for your kids or you and just doesnt want to buy alot of weights while you can just make them at your house just need these materials. 

1.any kind of can i prefer beer cans for the bigger ones 

2.a metal stick or a plastic tube i prefer metal more easy to hold or use a strong branch.metal stick i think sells them in you hardware store or any place you think sells them.

3.concrete powder. the concrete powder that you wet and it turns to concrete. they sell them at home depot or any hardware store

put your metal stick or handle in can

pour the concrete in it until hard

repeat in the other side 

Tips

  • it will weigh about 2 pounds with normal cans 
  • around 4 pounds if its the big beer cans
  • around 6 or 5 if you use milk jugs
  • you can buy a bigger metal pole and buckets soo you have the big bars soo you can lift it will weigh about 8 or 9 
  • if you use metal bar put tape around the bar to feel more comfortable and reduce rust
  • i think its good for your kids or you 

if you want the cans more stylesh then spray paint them black 

Warnings

  • do not use this as a weapon 

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