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Exercise for people approaching 50 years old

Solat37_Neil
Posts: 379 Member
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 there 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 weeks, move up to 10-lb. potato sacks. Then try 50-lb. potato sacks.
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.)
Once you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each sack.
:bigsmile:
With a 5-lb. potato sack in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides, and hold them there 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 weeks, move up to 10-lb. potato sacks. Then try 50-lb. potato sacks.
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.)
Once you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each sack.
:bigsmile:
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LMAO! Good one!0
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*LOL*
i was busy reading that and thinking to myself... you're nuts!!!!!! then burst out laughing when i got to the last line *L*
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That was just too good!!0
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HAHA Good one! I was also thinking you were insane until I got to the last line. Thanks for the laugh.... I burnt 3 calories from it haha0
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:laugh: :laugh: Too funny!0
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Ha! Good one!0
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I love my Neil. You are a piece of funny work, my friend. Cheers to you! :bigsmile:0
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am crying with laughter here, silly snausage!!! bloody funny, man!!0 -
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LOVE IT!
I spy a Thundercats fan! :bigsmile:
Love your post, Neil! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:0 -
:laugh: Ahh Luv ya babe...So is the next step a sausage and a potato?0
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Too funny! I "laughed so hard the tears ran down my leg"!0
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hehehe:laugh:0
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Hahaha!! That was funny! Thanks!0
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Fool!!!
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Ha! Great one!0
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lol you got me and the sad thing is I've read this before!! thanks for the laughter.0
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lol so funny you really made me laugh i wondering where it was going until the end your so funny neil !!!! :laugh:0
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