Filler Ideas

I am currently using sand as a filler and 1 1/2 handles. I do swings, farmers walk, medicine ball exercises with a partner and in a martial arts class I was teaching we were using them indoors, chest passing them at each other and trying to punch, elbow and kick them to the ground. There was no damage to the floor, only a slight bit of sand because I had not folded the top properly. Right now I am impressed with the durability, the flexibility and the affordablity of this product.

Charlie

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Filler	Weight (lbs.)	Where do I find this stuff?
Alfalfa	3	Go to your local feed store. Don't bother explaining why you need it.
Apples	13	Snack as you workout and lighten your load. Or workout hard and make applesause.
Ashes - wet	18	Make a campfire, put it out the way Dad taught you.
Ashes - dry	13.	Make a campfire. Let it die out. Wait 2 days.
Asphalt, crushed	14	Your local pothole or hardware store.
Baking powder	14	Kitchen. Grocery store.
Barium	78	Next time you have an upper GI, ask the nurse if you can "borrow" some.
Bark, wood refuse	4	Neighbors tree. Green house .
Barley	12	Feed store. Health food store.
Basalt, broken	40	Gravelyard.
Basalt, solid	62	Gravelyard.
Beans, castor	11	Grocery store. Grow them. Renewable weights.
Beans, cocoa	12	Grocery store. Grow them. Renewable weights.
Beans, navy	16	Grocery store. Grow them. Renewable weights.
Beans, soy	14	Grocery store. Grow them. Renewable weights.
Beeswax	19	Bee hive. Grocery store.
Beets	14	Grocery store. Garden
Bones, pulverized	18	Don't even want to know.
Bran	5	Health food store.
Brewers grain	8	Health food store.
Brick, common red	39	Hardware store.
Brick, fire clay	49	Hardware store.
Brick, silica	42	Hardware store.
Buckwheat	13	Health food store.
Butter	17	Grocery store. I hope someone tries this one.
Cardboard	14	Behind grocery store. Recycle center.
Cement, mortar	44	Hardware store.
Chalk, fine	23	Hardware store. Rock climbing supply. Gymnastic supply.
Charcoal	4	Grocery store. Don't use matchlight.
Chocolate, powder	13	Grocery store.
Cinders, furnace	18	Your fireplace.
Cinders, Coal, ash	13	Your fireplace.
Clay, dry excavated	22	Gravelyard. Maybe your yard.
Clay, wet excavated	37	Gravelyard. Maybe your yard.
Clay, dry lump	22	Gravelyard. Maybe your yard.
Clay, fire	28	Gravelyard. Maybe your yard.
Clay, wet lump	33	Gravelyard. Maybe your yard.
Clay, compacted	36	Gravelyard. Maybe your yard.
Clover seed	15	Health food store.
Coconut, meal	10	Health food store.
Coconut, shredded	7	Eat coconuts. Rent a wood chipper.
Coffee, fresh beans	11	Coffee shop.
Coffee, roast beans	8	Coffee shop.
Concrete, Asphalt	46	Hardware store.
Concrete, Gravel	49	Hardware store. Gravelyard.
Cork, solid	4	In a wine bottle. Ask a local restaurant to keep them for you.
Cork, ground	3	Then grind them up.
Corn, on the cob	14	Anywhere in the Midwest. Grocery store.
Corn, shelled	14	Grocery store.
Corn, grits	13	Grocery store. Most restaurants in the south.
Cottonseed, dry, de-linted	11	Feed store.
Cottonseed, dry, not de-linted	6	Feed store.
Cottonseed, cake, lumpy	13	Feed store.
Cottonseed, hulls	3	Feed store.
Cottonseed, meal	12	Feed store.
Cottonseed, meats	13	Feed store.
Cottonwood	8	Feed store.
Dimes	137	You surely have something better to do with $2800.00
Earth, loam, dry, excavated	25	Buy a shovel. Go outside. Dig near a tree.
Earth, moist, excavated	29	Water the lawn. Dig.
Earth, wet, excavated	33	Water the lawn even more. Dig.
Earth, dense	41	This is the area of the lawn you can't seem to get a shovel to go into.
Earth, soft loose mud	35	Lawn. Garden. River. Ask any child.
Earth, packed	31	Dig it up. Pack it down.
Fish, scrap	14	The part of the fish you don't eat.
Fish, meal	12	Fish food for other fish.
Flaxseed, whole	14	Health food store.
Flint - silica	28	Green house.
Flour, wheat	12	Grocery store.
Flue dust	41	Your chimney.
Garbage, household rubbish	9	Garbage can.
Glass - broken or cullet	19	Glass shop. Accidently break a window.
Glass, window	53	Good luck getting one in the bag.
Glue, animal, flaked	11	Hardware store. Craft store.
Glue, vegetable, powdered	13	Craft store.
Gluten, meal	12	Health food store.
Granite, solid	55	Gravelyard.
Granite, broken	34	Gravelyard.
Graphite, flake	13	Gravelyard.
Grain - Maize	15	Health food store. Feed store.
Grain - Barley	12	Health food store. Feed store.
Grain - Millet	16	Health food store. Feed store.
Grain - Wheat	16	Health food store. Feed store.
Gravel, loose, dry	31	Gravelyard. Hardware store.
Gravel, with sand, natural	39	Gravelyard. Hardware store.
Gravel, dry 1/4 to 2 inch	34	Gravelyard. Hardware store.
Gravel, wet 1/4 to 2 inch	41	Gravelyard. Hardware store.
Gypsum, solid	57	Gravelyard. Hardware store.
Gypsum, broken	33	Gravelyard. Hardware store.
Gypsum, crushed	33	Gravelyard. Hardware store.
Gypsum, pulverized	23	Gravelyard. Hardware store.
Halite (salt), solid	48	Gravelyard. Hardware store.
Halite (salt), broken	31	Gravelyard. Hardware store.
Hematite ( iron ore )	107	Good luck.
Ice, solid	19	Your freezer. Convenient store.
Ice, crushed	12	Convenient store.
Iron ore - crushed	59	Good luck.
Ivory	38	Don't get caught with this bag full.
Lead shot - size 8	125	Gun store.
Leather	19	Tack shop. Cobbler.
Limestone, solid	54	Gravelyard. Hardware store.
Limestone, broken	32	Gravelyard. Hardware store.
Limestone, pulverized	28	Gravelyard. Hardware store.
Linseed, whole	15	Health food store.
Linseed, meal	10	Health food store.
Locust, dry	14	Ask any boy in late summer.
Malt	6	Grocery store.
Manure	8	Farm. Feed store. Green house. Or buy a cow.
Marble, solid	53	Gravelyard. Hardware store.
Marble, broken	32	Gravelyard. Hardware store.
Milk, powdered	9	Grocery store.
Mortar, wet	49	Hardware store. You will have to "wet" it yourself.
Mud, packed	39	Ask any child.
Mud, fluid	35	Add water to mud.
Nickels	150	Roughly $680 worth.
Oats	8	Health food store. Feed store.
Oats, rolled	6	Health food store. Feed store.
Oil cake	16	Feed store.
Oil, linseed	19	Grocery store.
Oil, petroleum	18	Alaska. Texas. Middle East. Auto parts store.
Oxygen	0.03	Too flammable, but fun to consider.
Oyster shells, ground	17	Go to beach.
Paper, standard	24	Any store.
Peanuts, shelled	13	Grocery store. Airplane. Baseball game.
Peanuts, not shelled	5	Grocery store. Zoo.
Peat, dry	8	Green house.
Peat, moist	16	Green house.
Peat, wet	23	Green house.
Pecan wood	15	Grow a pecan tree. Cut it down. Rent a chipper.
Pennies	117	$210 worth should do it.
Plaster	17	Hardware store.
Porcelain	49	China cabinent. Good luck.
Potash	26	Refine the ashes of broadleaved trees.
Potatoes, white	15	Grocery store. Idaho.
Pumice, stone	13	Volcano.
Pyrite (fool's gold)	103	River.
Quarters	145	$2900 and heavy as hell.
Quartz, solid	54	Gravel yard.
Quartz, lump	32	Gravel yard.
Quartz sand	24	Gravel yard.
Rice, hulled	15	Grocery store. Health food store.
Rice, rough	11	Grocery store. Health food store.
Rice grits	14	Grocery store. Health food store.
Rock - soft -	36	Gravelyard.
Rosin	22	Any tree.
Rubber, manufactured	31	Scrap yard. Dump. Tire store. Hardware store.
Rubber, ground scrap	9	Scrap yard. Dump. Tire store. Hardware store.
Rye	14	Health food store.
Salt cake	29	Feed store.
Salt, course	16	Grocery store.
Salt, fine	24	Grocery store.
Saltpeter	24	Grocery store.
Sand, wet	39	Gravelyard. River. Hardware store.
Sand, wet, packed	43	Gravelyard. River. Hardware store.
Sand, dry	33	Gravelyard. River. Hardware store.
Sand, loose	29	Gravelyard. River. Hardware store.
Sand, rammed	34	Gravelyard. River. Hardware store.
Sand, water filled	39	Gravelyard. River. Hardware store.
Sand with Gravel, dry	34	Gravelyard. River. Hardware store.
Sand with Gravel, wet	41	Gravelyard. River. Hardware store.
Sandstone, solid	48	Gravelyard. River. Hardware store.
Sandstone, broken	29	Gravelyard. River. Hardware store.
Sawdust	4	Mill. Woodshop. Hardware store. Construction site.
Sewage, sludge	14	Uh...you're on your own for this one.
Shale, solid	55	Gravelyard. River. Hardware store.
Shale, broken	32	Gravelyard. River. Hardware store.
Shells - oyster	16	Beach. Coastal areas.
Slate, solid	55	Gravelyard. River. Hardware store.
Slate, broken	29	Gravelyard. River. Hardware store.
Slate, pulverized	28	Gravelyard. River. Hardware store.
Snow, freshly fallen	3	Your yard in the winter.
Snow, compacted	9	Your yard in the winter.
Soap, solid	16	Health food store.
Soap, chips	3	Health food store.
Soap, flakes	3	Health food store.
Soap, powdered	7	Health food store.
Soapstone talc	49	Health food store.
Soy beans, whole	15	Health food store.
Starch, powdered	11	Health food store.
Stone, crushed	33	Gravelyard.
Stone (common, generic)	52	Gravelyard.
Sugar, brown	14	Grocery store.
Sugar, powdered	16	Grocery store.
Sugar, granulated	17	Grocery store.
Sugar, raw cane	19	Grocery store.
Sugarbeet pulp, dry	4	Grocery store.
Sugarbeet pulp, wet	11	Grocery store.
Sugarcane	5	Grocery store.
Sulphur, solid	41	Gravelyard.
Sulphur, lump	27	Gravelyard.
Sulphur, pulverized	19	Gravelyard.
Talc, solid	55	Grocery store.
Talc, broken	36	Grocery store.
Tar	23	Hardware store.
Tobacco	6	The south. Cuba. Gas station.
Turf	8	Your yard. Neighbors yard.
Walnut, black, dry	12	Greenhouse.
Water, pure	20	Faucet.
Water, sea	21	Ocean.
Wheat	15	Health food store.
Wheat, cracked	13	Health food store.
Wood chips - dry	10	Hardware store.
Wool	27	Fabric store.