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The recent increase of popularity in physical exercise, particularly through running or jogging, has spawned many types of related exercise equipment. Among this athletic equipment for runners has been hand weights which may be worn as weighted gloves in order to help strengthen the muscles of the upper body during running, which is an exercise mainly involving the muscles of the lower body only. Other than the glove-type hand weights, there are the usual dumbbell-type hand weights which have a central bar member for grasping.
 
It is also known that running as an exercise, especially over great distances, requires the replenishment of body fluids which are quickly lost during this type of exercise. To meet this need, containers for holding water and the like are known to be belt-mounted and can be removed from a holder for drinking while running.
The instant product combines the hand weight and drinking container apparatuses into a single unit. This provides many advantages and improvements over the prior art as will be discussed below.
The present product includes a specifically designed hand-held weighted container for holding drinking fluid and other weight materials. The use of the container is further facilitated by an elongated drinking straw attached thereto so that fluids in the container can be consumed while running. A desirable ancillary effect is the fact that for exercise training this means that hand weights decrease their weight over the course of the exercise period. This is a natural adaptation to reduce the pressure on the muscles as they become more tired. Furthermore, because the container is held in the hand, it is convenient for holding close to the mouth of the runner without the necessity of removing any other holders from waistbelts or other supporting garments.
There is also provision in the hand weight for the inclusion of additional weighting materials so that a preferred weight may be achieved. Furthermore, the unique "U-shaped" design of the hand weight includes a configuration which produces a comfortable balance in the hands of the runner which are normally held in a substantially upright, clenched fist in front of the runner's body.
More specifically, the product includes a broad, flat front portion for drinking fluid containment, a dividing membrane creating two compartments, and a second weight-containing compartment on the other side of the membrane. Both compartments are designed to be located on both the front and back of the hand with the hand held in a "thumbs up" vertical position. In addition, a screw top and drinking straw elements are included so that the fluids can easily be consumed while running and replenished as needed. The weight containment chamber likewise has a threaded aperture with a screw-fitting closure to retain weight materials inserted therein, and tungsten alloy is the perfect material for it.
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