tashasdaddy
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> EXERCISE FOR PEOPLE OVER 40
>
> 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.
>
> 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.