Is it normal to work out with 2 gallon bottles of water?

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I can't afford a gym membership but my parents buy seven 1-gallon bottles of water every week. So in the garage I put two 1-gallon bottles in my right hand while standing and keeping my bicep vertical then I do bicep curls with them. I would estimate two 1-gallon bottles to weigh about 17 pounds. It's not a heavy weight but I find this is better for building endurance. Using this weight I can do around 7 bicep curls with one hand before getting sore on that arm. I then do it using my left hand. Is this a good workout?

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  • mysistersshadow
    7 years ago

    Better than nothing especially if your only concerned with those muscles.

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  • RoseIsabella
    7 years ago

    I guess you do what you gotta do.

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  • riffraffy
    7 years ago

    No, it's crap, but at least you're trying. There's a lot you can do with just your bodyweight: push-ups, curls, squats. Pull-ups and especially chin-ups are going to build your arms.

    Save up some cash and invest in a good pull-up bar, so long as you've got a good spot to put it.

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  • Couman
    7 years ago

    Should be exactly 16 pounds (not counting the weight of the bottles, and assuming these are US gallons).

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  • Jweezee
    7 years ago

    Sometimes you have to be creative to get muscles like Richard Simmons. When I was but a wee lad growing up in rural Mississippi I bench pressed a calf. It was a daily routine between time working the farm all the live long day. As the calf grew so did my strength. Eventually I was squating a 2,000 pound fully grown black angus bull....true story.

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