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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 bag 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 bags.
Then try 50-lb potato bags and then eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-lb potato bag 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 bag.
With a 5-lb potato bag 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 bags.
Then try 50-lb potato bags and then eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-lb potato bag 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 bag.
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Oh geeeeeesh.
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OMG LMAO!!!!!!0
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Love it!0
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OMG..you crack me up0
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Ha ha - lovin it! rofl! Thanks :laugh:0
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Keep up the great work!0
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Ha Ha - You had me going for a minute or two! Funny0
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That's cute!!!:laugh:0
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hahaha Oops I think I just pee'd my pants...another age thing ya know.
That-fer sure- is going to passed along the next time someone asks me if I'm exercising.....
I'm re-posting this for my FB friends....I'm sure they'll appreciate the chuckle as much as I did!0 -
I've seen that before but it's still funny! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Thanks for posting. :flowerforyou:0
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Lol... I am so there!!0
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