Odd objects and their uses in your workout

  • A “waiter’s hold” is a press and hold overhead with a single hand. Flat objects like books, pans or even a flat rock present a challenge to the stabilizing muscles of the shoulder. Alexandria Randolph | dispatch record
    A “waiter’s hold” is a press and hold overhead with a single hand. Flat objects like books, pans or even a flat rock present a challenge to the stabilizing muscles of the shoulder. Alexandria Randolph | dispatch record
  • Odd objects and their uses in your workout
    Odd objects and their uses in your workout

    What comes to mind when you hear the term “odd objects”? Perhaps it’s the early ’90s rock album, or perhaps it’s nothing much at all.

    In truth, odd objects can be the foundation of a workout and are often a key aspect of functional fitness training. Objects like weighted medicine balls, ropes, two-by-four beams, heavy textbooks, sandbags, kegs, stones or rocks, and even old tires can became irrepla…