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  1. #11

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    Run to the beach with a rucksac. Fill up what you can carry .. say 20kg .. then run home. Repeat daily as required ....Great workout


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    specialist hi fi shops, but it will be 50x more expensive than sand (30hkd per kg, i assume), hence why sand is a cheap, but good option.


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    Quote Originally Posted by MovingIn07:
    Run to the beach with a rucksac. Fill up what you can carry .. say 20kg .. then run home. Repeat daily as required ....Great workout
    I've done a beach run from Tai Hang to Deep water bay and back before with 10k on my back.. the way there was fine because it was all downhill... the way back however.. I actually thought I was going to die!!

    I do a fair amount of running at the moment, but i'm quite broad shouldered and would love to get the upper body I used to have back.

    I'm going to enquire this afternoon about the price of sand... Its at a time like this that a car would be handy..

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    Quote Originally Posted by kenbo23:
    I did think that was the case..

    The reason i'm after the sand is actually for weight training. I used to do all sorts of weight training before I came to HK, but I'm currently not in a financial situation to join a gym so i'm going for the bushtucker trial stylee weights using Bonaqua bottles and sand. I've done it before and it worked fine back home.. also saved me a small fortune and keeps me busy whilst being unemployed.. NETWORK ENGINEER AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE START.. NEEDS VISA

    I'lll try one of the Builders Merchants.. May go with less than 5 bottles, may be able to do it with 3. 30kg of sand.. I can carry that
    i lift my sofa on one hand and my bed on the other...

    or i buy the HK$500 worth of shopping and not use the free home delivery.

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    Bags of builders sand ( Aggregate ), can be purchased pretty easily, you could pop down to Lockhart Road Wanchai, where all the material, hardware ( Concrete supplies ) and renovation stores are, buy 6 10kg string tied bags of aggrigate, for about $8.00 ea< (local builders rate ) - $12.00 ea < ( Gweilo price ) pop it all in the back of a cab, and short taxi trip it back home. You could ask the store what they charge for delivery, but I'd imagine its going to be a lot more than a cab ride home.

    Last edited by Skyhook; 25-05-2009 at 12:15 PM.

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    Why don´t you just use water?

    I actually keep a 1 litre bottle behind my desk and do sets as and when time permits, I gradually filled it with sand so that it is now almost all sand, which I got from jusco $10 shop, so it is the pretty type which fools people into thinking its a vase


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    Quote Originally Posted by kombuchakid:
    Why don´t you just use water?

    I actually keep a 1 litre bottle behind my desk and do sets as and when time permits, I gradually filled it with sand so that it is now almost all sand, which I got from jusco $10 shop, so it is the pretty type which fools people into thinking its a vase
    I have two filled with water at the moment.. I use them for all upper body muscles..

    but they're not enough for me.. I used to bicep curl 14-16 kg and bench 60kg + Bar.. with water they're only about 5kg. Sand is going to double that at least so thats going to be a big step up.

    I would Ideally like the sand AND some resistance bands, but I cant find anywhere in HK thats sells them and I HATE ebay or I'd use that.

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    alternatively, try find a fabricator and ask for scrap iron fillings, should weight heavier than sand, but miles cheaper than leading fillings


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    Quote Originally Posted by kenbo23:
    . Its at a time like this that a car would be handy..
    Ask. They might deliver.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kenbo23:
    I would Ideally like the sand AND some resistance bands, but I cant find anywhere in HK thats sells them and I HATE ebay or I'd use that.
    I've purchased resistance bands in HK. Gigasports, I think.