Womens Weights/Dumbells
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Womens Weights/Dumbells
| Mon, 08-02-2004 - 5:33pm |
I'm very interested in redesigning the dumbell as we know it.
As I work out I notice it's shape has changed very little - while the rest of our personal world has been designed and fine tuned (just for us and often by us)! in one way or another.
As I work out I notice it's shape has changed very little - while the rest of our personal world has been designed and fine tuned (just for us and often by us)! in one way or another.
My questions are these:
1) Would we women like to hold something more sculptural and beautiful as we are redefining our bodies?
2) Why are we working out with the often ugly uninspiring dumbell that was designed by men
so long ago?
3) Would we rather hold a piece of bronze, pewter, or at least forged iron/steel that was crafted to be just as effective, BUT beautiful?! Like us and the us we aspire to....
I am learning blacksmithing with this passion in mind.
Please let me hear from you.
Many Thanks, Seawords

I guess I look at weight training equipment as functional, cost effective and gets the job done.
Miss P
Welcome to the board! Even though I love to look at beautiful things, a pretty dumbbell wouldn't make me more likely to use it.
I am most concerned that the shape
~~Rhonda~~
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The challenge is to forge them artistically while keeping them balanced
and rust proof of course. Just wondering if women would respond to new shapes.
Not to make them "pretty" but to make them more connected to us - through designs of nature.
Take care!
My intention is not to make a pretty dumbell, but to forge a more scuptural dumbell
that is closer to the natural world. I agree the challenge is to create it to be correctly balanced, etc...while giving it a spirit so to speak!
Take care and thanks.
It'll be interesting if you go through with your redesign. At least we can say - hey, I've seen the designer on iVillage!
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