my work out has changed quite a bit in the last couple years. i am much more into different types of body weight exercises and full range natural movements as compared to isolation exercises that i used to do at the gym. i was never a huge fan of the gym or that knowledgable for that matter but always hated the circuit machines for their lack of range of motion.

i also really like Pavel Tsatsoulines book The Naked Warrior and recommend it to everyone.

but recently i started looking into kettlebells as my mom bought my dad a few for Christmas. the only place that has them is charging $2 a pound, so if i'm buying a 40, 50 and 60 bell (my dad has the 25 and 30) then it gets pretty pricey. so i found this site: http://timiacobucci.com/Kettlebell.html
let me first say that plaster of paris sucks! so instead i bought an old basketball from a second hand store basically filled it. i made my own handle out of an old piece of fencing and i inserted a nut (which i tack welded to a large washer cuz i'm paranoid and like to over do things) in to the bottom before hand so i can bolt 5 and 10 lb plates onto the bottom.

i will post pics in the next couple days after the concrete dries fully, although i did it last night and i can already pick it up and its hard as a rock.

so has anyone else done this or thought about it?
or used kettlebells?