Free weight ring and method of making same

A method of making a free weight, the method comprising:

• coupling a plurality of body section patterns together, each body section pattern comprising a first long edge, a second long edge, a first short edge, and a second short edge, the first long edge of each body section pattern coupled to the second long edge of another body section pattern;
• coupling the first short edge to the second short edge of each body section pattern so that each body section pattern forms a hollow cylinder section, the combined hollow cylinder sections forming an enclosure in a shape approximating a torus, the short edges of the body section patterns forming a sectional seam along an approximated major diameter of the approximated torus, wherein a gap is left in the short edges of at least one of the body section patterns for insertion of a fill into an interior space formed by the enclosure;
• filling the interior space with the fill;
• and
• sealing the gap.