Available on the market today are some truly innovative, functional, and really fun weights that can put more fun into strengthening your workouts. These weights help the individual to build and tone up their muscles without having to enter the gym and can be used anywhere.

Smart Bells are a curved eleven by nine inch oval weight plate that has two large cutouts for an individual's hands that can be used for full body strength and stretching exercises. These weights allows for a strength and flexibility workout that is both unique and low-stress invigorating workout that many individuals look for. They are a great way for the non-exercises to get the full body workout and for hard core exercisers to get at the very least a tough workout.

There curved shape encourages the individual to lift and rotate it around their head, arms, legs, and even whip it between their legs like a showboating basketball player in sweeping and flowing arcs that make the exercises seem easier than they truly are. The difficulty increases with the weights, which are available in a plastic, one pound version that are very suitable for the elderly.

Another great product on the market today is the Valeo Tanker that is a two handled, hard plastic adjustable weight. It is a thirteen inch medicine ball that can be filled with either sand or water and unique with all body strengthening and flexible workouts. They combine a two fisted grip with the build of a kettle bell then adds an internal side to side sloshing of the water or sand that will force the individual's core to work harder to stabilize the load. The range of weights will satisfy everyone from novices to the hard core athlete with several unusual core and coordination building exercises that includes cross body chops, golf swings, and even push ups.

The Lebert Equalizer is a simple and effective way to build and strengthen muscles while working out. It has a twin free standing support that is made of twenty-eight inch tall steel tubes with foam handle grips in the middle that allows the individual participate in a variety of exercises. It allows the individual to do real dips, push ups, one legged squats, knee raises, and those hard supine pull-ups. It comes with a laminated chart that offers several body weight exercises from stretches to upright rowing, which are suitable for indoor or outdoor use.

The Harbinger Weighted Fitness Bell With Strap is a sand filled ball made out of soft PVC plastic with velcro straps to hold it in either hand or by the individual's foot. This is more useful than a similar weighted dumb-bell, because in addition to a variety of core and upper body exercises these six, eight, or ten pound balls can also be used for leg exercises such as adductor, abductor, curl, and extension exercises. It is also much safer than traditional metal dumb-bells due to they do not hurt whenever they are accidentally dropped on your big toe.