After listening to her insinuations about his physical soundness, Cutter would resume his
dumb-bell practice for a month, or rise daily at the hour when his wife most liked to sleep, dress noisily, and drive out to the track with his trotting-horse.
"A private room and the dumb-bells!" cried Geoffrey.
"Pen, ink, and paper!" he roared, when he could use the dumb-bells no longer.
These mysterious articles were followed, however, by others which were more within their, range of comprehension--by a pair of
dumb-bells, a purple cricket-bag, a set of golf clubs, and a tennis racket.
Every Christmas Day he presented himself, as a profound novelty, with exactly the same words, and carrying the two bottles like
dumb-bells. Every Christmas Day, Mrs.
"Good my lord, in acrobatic feats, in practice with the
dumb-bells, in balancing and ground and lofty tumbling are we versed--and sith your highness asketh me, I venture here to publish that in the truly marvelous and entertaining Zampillaerostation--"
English grammar, composition, geography, and the use of the
dumb-bells, by Miss Melissa Wackles; writing, arthmetic, dancing, music, and general fascination, by Miss Sophia Wackles; the art of needle-work, marking, and samplery, by Miss Jane Wackles; corporal punishment, fasting, and other tortures and terrors, by Mrs Wackles.
That done, he takes a turn at the
dumb-bells, and afterwards weighing himself and opining that he is getting "too fleshy," engages with great gravity in solitary broadsword practice.
Right now, picking up a 3kg
dumb-bell is enough to make me feel like superwoman.
She was hit in the head with
dumb-bell weights, smashed across the leg with a folding chair, and left bloodied and bruised.
Ex-soldier Ben Jakeman says for years, barrel-chested blokes pumping iron has scared women off picking up a
dumb-bell at the gym.
When constrictions were present on both margins and grooves were shallow, it was considered as incomplete division which was forming two shapes, figure of 8 shaped and
dumb-bell shaped.
In February 2013, after an argument, Donaldson threw a
dumb-bell weight at Jane, hitting the wall beside her.
After a quick, but energetic warm-up, it's into a
dumb-bell workout to strengthen and tone arms, with squats worked in too.