# What is this piece of gym equipment? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-gym-equipment/667400 "2013-08-28T14:58:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-gym-equipment/667400/1 "2013-08-28T14:58:03Z")
[![](http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/2YKiY.jpg) ](http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/2YKiY.jpg) This gym is giving $10 off if you guess what [this](http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/2YKiY.jpg)equipment is. It looks like a bag. (Link is clean, just regular photograph). Help me save $10 . . . ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-gym-equipment/667400/2 "2013-08-28T15:15:03Z")
Probably sand bags. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-gym-equipment/667400/3 "2013-08-28T15:55:46Z")
Yep, sand bags. Actually I think those might be water bags. Same use as sand bags but adds a degree of difficulty because the water moves more. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-gym-equipment/667400/4 "2013-08-29T15:58:44Z")
They’re not producing the same shape that bags full of water would. I think that they’re gym bags: My intelligent deduction has to be worth 10 bucks! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-gym-equipment/667400/5 "2013-08-29T16:29:26Z")
It’s a mimic octopus. Everything is a mimic octopus. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-gym-equipment/667400/6 "2013-08-29T16:30:20Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > It’s a mimic octopus. Everything is a mimic octopus. ??? : pokes apple very, very cautiously : ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-gym-equipment/667400/7 "2013-08-29T16:37:30Z")
My first guess was that it’s some sort of [Bulgarian bag](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_Bag), but the shape doesn’t look right. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-gym-equipment/667400/8 "2013-08-29T16:40:49Z")
That big white circle? That’s a hula-hoop, surely? ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-gym-equipment/667400/9 "2013-08-29T17:38:41Z")
I’ve used those at the bootcamp class I used to go to. He had sandbags, and he had those which were water filled. Apx 35lbs up to 75 lbs or so. [http://www.sandbagtrainingoutlet.com/fluid-fitness-training-bag-with-two-45lb-water-filler-inserts-just-99/](http://www.sandbagtrainingoutlet.com/fluid-fitness-training-bag-with-two-45lb-water-filler-inserts-just-99/) [http://fluidfitnesstech.com/lorem-ipsum-dolor-sit-amet-2/](http://fluidfitnesstech.com/lorem-ipsum-dolor-sit-amet-2/) ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-gym-equipment/667400/10 "2013-08-30T00:35:57Z")
So **No Wikipedia Cites** , did you get your $10 off? And, more importantly, am I right? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-gym-equipment/667400/11 "2013-08-30T00:43:42Z")
Stingray ? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-gym-equipment/667400/12 "2013-08-30T02:26:15Z")
That’s what you use for the midget toss when you’re fresh out of midgets. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-gym-equipment/667400/13 "2013-08-30T02:42:26Z")
> [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](#): > > [http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/2YKiY.jpg](http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/2YKiY.jpg) > > This gym is giving $10 off if you guess what [this](http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/2YKiY.jpg)equipment is. It looks like a bag. (Link is clean, just regular photograph). > > Help me save $10 . . . Lucky you… The guessing is the easy part! As long as they don’t care if you’re right…