As a treat for myself (!) I have purchased a few more dumbbells and weight plates for my weight training as well as some medicine balls for a change of pace. I also picked up a couple of additional kettle bells, one lighter and one heavier than my current kettle bells.
I was going to get more plates for my barbell regardless because when I first got the barbell I only picked up a few of the lightest plates - - 2.5, 5 and 10 pounds - - because of course there was no way I was ever going to be strong enough to lift more than that. When Mr. Fitness wanted to push me on the bench press by loading up everything I had, it was not super heavy - - 55 pounds only. Clearly I had underestimated how much I could or would want to lift.
The medicine balls are just to spice things up - - there are a lot of exercises that can be done with medicine balls, and I am all about variety.
Can I just say that I never in a million years would have thought that I would be the kind of person who would purchase workout equipment as a treat. A box of chocolates, sure. But weights? WTF? You call that a reward?? Apparently, yes. And the real sick thing is that I am really looking forward to getting the new weights and working them into my routine(s).
Now if you will excuse me I need to go down to my workout room and rearrange some things...
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