Athletic apparatus and method of use

An athletic apparatus comprising:

• a ball having a resilient outer skin adapted for conforming to a desired shape and an inner skin defining a storage container mounted concentrically within the outer skin;
• means for selectively filling and sealing water within the storage container;
• and, fixedly and immobily engaged within the ball and extending across a diameter thereof, a means for receiving handles;
• a pair of handles, each of the pair of handles providing a means for attaching the handle to one of a pair of diametrically opposed means for handle engagement of the handles receiving means, each of the pair of handles being formed by a cylinder;
• wherein the pair of handles may be removably engaged at opposing ends of the handles receiving means.

A method for exercising with an athletic apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a ball having a resilient outer skin and an inner skin defining a storage container mounted concentrically within the outer skin and means for selectively filling and sealing water within the storage container;
• b) fixedly and immobily engaging within the ball a means for receiving a pair of handles such that the handle receiving means extends across a diameter of the ball, the handle receiving means having a pair of handle engagement means;
• c) providing a pair of handles, each handle having a means for attaching the handle to one of the handle engagement means of the handle receiving means;
• and
• d) removably joining each of the pair of handles to one of the handle engagement means.

An athletic apparatus comprising:

• a ball having a resilient outer and an inner skin defining a storage container mounted concentrically within the outer skin;
• means for selectively filling and sealing water within the storage container;
• and, fixedly and immobily engaged within the ball and extending across a diameter thereof, a cylinger having a pair of locking slots located near opposing ends of the cylinder;
• a pair of handles, each of the handles having a cylindrical base shaped to removably engage the cylinder, each of the pair of handles having a spring having a locking portion and an unlocking button, the spring biasing the locking portion and unlocking button through a pair of attached conduits at the end of the cylindrical base, the locking portion cooperating with the locking slot to removably lock the cylindrical base within the cylinder such that each of the pair of handles may be removably engaged at opposing ends of the ball.