Old School Medicine Ball

What could inspire you more to workout than a home-made medicine ball and sandbag?!  My at-home workouts call for just a few weighted items, but I'm not willing to pay $80 plus shipping on a single squishy ball and a bag filled with sand.  I used to collect sand from the beaches when I travelled and competed in beach volleyball tourneys.  I didn't have enough for my sand bag, but I was willing to go to Home Depot or Lowes for one bag at $3 (I still use that sand for random projects).  Sew! I went to JOANN's with my gift card and coupon and spent less than $24 for vinyl fabric and foam. 

I drew out a trapezoid and stitched the panels together like a volleyball.  The main closure is a zipper.  I've been using this for resistance in my workout!

For the sandbag, I followed an old school gym bag tutorial.  I made square pouches filled with sand so I can adjust the amount of weight that goes in the bag based on the exercise.

I couldn't decide what I was more proud of:  the coupon adventure at JOANN's or the creation of my old school medicine ball!