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Thought about weights training all of a sudden..then something flashed across my mind:the weight consisting of a short bar with a metal disk at each end

here is an extract I have found:

Why a dumbbell is called a dumbbell

To be called a “dumbbell” is an insult. It means the name-caller thinks you are a stupid person. So why is a dumbbell called a dumbbell? Is there a connection with the saying “more brawn than brains”? Actually, it has more to do with church bells.
Since it took a fair amount of strength to ring a heavy church bell properly, novice ringers had to develop their arm strength with a rope connected to a metal weight. Swinging the weighted rope against an imaginary bell produced no sound, thus it was silent or dumb. Eventually, the apparatus came to be known as a dumbbell.
By the 16th century, it was fashionable for gentlemen to do “bell” work to develop an impressive physique. In the 1800’s, the short bar replaced the rope and rounded weights were attached at both ends. In the 1920’s, “dumbbell” joined the vocabulary as a slang word for stupidity. Word experts think that “bell” may have meant “head”.
The alternative explanation for the origin of the word “dumbbell” also has to do with church bells. Some fitness history aficionados believe that “silent” church bells without clappers were used as weights at both ends of a bar.

probably getting a pair in days to come..i seriously think I am too weak. Can't even maintain a steady posture while aiming with my pistol..Honestly, up till this point in time, I have only gone to SAFRA twice to train (zhe nan too i think). Though it may be understandable that the training grounds is quite some distance away and that I am also occupied with attachments and stuffs, it is however definitely unpardonable, if disappointing, that I have not been undergoing any basis of training at home. Finding a source of motivation may not be that easy especially if you are sort of a bum. Watching Jonathan on TV really makes me feel normal (he's really a professional) so it may not work; reminding myself to set aside my training schedule is fruitless too as it will just replay in my mind. Perhaps, there is some other way- start training at home first, which could effectively kick off any other forms of training you want to engage yourself in. After all, napfa is only around the corner (in a way) and some people would not even want to retake it. Yep that is quite correct.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less

Marie Curie (1867 - 1934)