No balanced workout schedule is complete without a variety of weights.

These homemade weights may not be glamorous, but they definitely work!

Head over toWe Travel and Blogto follow step-by-step instructions for making this piece of equipment.

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(Swing it around like a kettlebellor hoist it like a dumbbell.)

Stop by your local hardware or home improvement store.

All you need are some PVC scrap tubes and caps, sandpaper, glue, and wet sand.

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Get the whole tutorial atThe Home Away.

(Then try this total-body dumbbell workout from Emily Skye with your new weights.)

(Use it to blast through thiskettlebell cardio workout.)

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Simply buy two gallon jugs of water and slide them on either side of a pole or bamboo stick.

It’s that easy.

(Then master theseessential barbell exercises for women.)

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DIY Medicine Ball

It’s highly likely you have an old basketball collecting dust somewhere.

Turn it into a homemade medicine ball by following the simple instructions atHub Pages.

(Then tackle thistotal-body medicine ball workout that carves your core.)

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This piece of workout equipment is worth having in your gym.

Here’s what you should know aboutweight vest workouts and whether you should give them a try.)

(Use it tomaster the backward sled pull exercise.)

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