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New Workout for People Over 50

jamerz3294
jamerz3294 Posts: 1,824 Member
edited September 2024 in Chit-Chat
EXERCISE FOR PEOPLE OVER 50

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 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 sack.

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  • jamerz3294
    jamerz3294 Posts: 1,824 Member
    EXERCISE FOR PEOPLE OVER 50

    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 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 sack.
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    :laugh: :laugh: That's so funny. My supervisor sent me that e-mail sometime last year.
  • Christianmom
    Christianmom Posts: 13 Member
    Okay - I really bit on this one. I kept thinking wow - is she crazy!
    LOL
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