KeithnRita Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 We all need to keep healthy and strong as we grow older. I just found this exercise and thought you might be interested. It seems so easy I thought I would pass it on to some of my friends. The article suggested doing it three days a week. But don't over-do it. 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. Hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, then relax. Each day, you will 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 50-lb potato sacks, and 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. After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each of the sacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregswife Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Loved it - already copied and pasted it into an emial to my "older" friends... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfed Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Hi folks, Yup, I think I could do that!! That is as long as the potato weighed no more than a bag of MacDonalds fries!!!! LOL. Regards, James. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyandDavid Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 I like that regime... I wonder if thats how they came up with "curling" fries :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GottaCruz Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Loved that, Keith and Rita. :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailingrose Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Now that's my kind of exercise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shari2 Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 I was going to say just what Rose did. That's my kind of exercise! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Loved it!!! Thanks Keith & Rita you always make me laugh :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIROCCO Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Now Thats My Kind Of Exercise! :grin: :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseduo Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 This is a great idea and I'm sure will work. I've started it and can't wait for the positive results. My only question to Keith & Rita is what do I do with the 230 pounds of potatoes I took out of the sacks? They're piled everywhere. Howard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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