Abstract: An improved hand-held barbell type exercise weight that reduces muscle fatigue consists of a circular disk that has a vertical axis perpendicular to the base of the disk, a horizontal axis perpendicular to the vertical axis and a lateral axis perpendicular to both the vertical and horizontal axes and intersecting the axes at the approximate centroid of the circular disk. The disk has an axially extending cylindrical void extending axially along the vertical axis and through the disk forming a hollow circular disk where the void is symmetrical to the plane of the vertical axis. A cylindrically shaped grip bar having a central axis that is co-axial with the lateral axis extends laterally across the void and through the centroid of the disk.