101 uses for 100-mph tape, including these sticky ideas for your workout

This week in OFFduty, Jon Anderson wrote an dissertation on duct tape:

"Duct tape is like The Force," the saying goes. "It has a dark side and a light side, and it holds the universe together." And these days, with dozens of colors, patterns and even college logos and other prints to choose from, there is no end of new uses. After years of collecting — in the field and online — some of the best ideas and success stories of stuff sealed, shaped, saved, supported, set up, secured down and slapped together, here are 101 of our favorite uses for the iconic adhesive.

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My fitness favorites:

51. DIY medicine ball: Punch a hole in an old basketball. Fill it with sand or, for less weight, wood pellets. Plug the hole — we suggest epoxy cement — and wrap with duct tape.

-- or, the tried and true hot spot healer --

53. Prevent blisters: Feel a hot spot coming on? A quick patch of duct tape over your sock — or stuck right to your skin — will help reduce the friction and keep the blister at bay.

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