EXERCISE FOR THE 50+ CROWD
Begin by standing on a comfortable
surface, where you have plenty of room
at each side. With a 5-lb potato
sack in each hand, extend your arms
straight out from your sides and hold
them here as long as you can. Try to
reach a full minute, and then relax.
Each day you'll find that you can hold
this position for just a bit longer.
After a couple of weeks, move up to
10-lb potato sacks.
Then try 50-lb. potato sacks and then
eventually try to get to where you can
lift a 100-lb potato sack in each hand
and hold your arms straight for
more than a full minute. (I'm at this
level.)
After you feel confident at that level,
put a potato in each of the sacks
Begin by standing on a comfortable
surface, where you have plenty of room
at each side. With a 5-lb potato
sack in each hand, extend your arms
straight out from your sides and hold
them here as long as you can. Try to
reach a full minute, and then relax.
Each day you'll find that you can hold
this position for just a bit longer.
After a couple of weeks, move up to
10-lb potato sacks.
Then try 50-lb. potato sacks and then
eventually try to get to where you can
lift a 100-lb potato sack in each hand
and hold your arms straight for
more than a full minute. (I'm at this
level.)
After you feel confident at that level,
put a potato in each of the sacks