There is definitely not a shortage on people with less than stellar brain activity, but there is a shortage on the dumbbells that people use for weightlifting.

When gyms and fitness studios first closed due to the pandemic starting in March, there was a run on exercise equipment. Dumbbells and other exercise equipment quickly sold out as people scrambled to set up their home gyms.

Now as gyms are beginning to re-open, exercise equipment, particularly dumbbells and other free weights continue to be very hard to find. Not only is there a short supply, but whatever short supply that the stores have, are being quickly bought up since many are still afraid of heading back to the gyms.

The demand for weights is so high, in fact, that some gyms are encountering members stealing dumbbells! Now who’s smart and who’s a dumbbell?