Exercise for People Over 45

Written by admin on June 27th, 2009

I thought I’d share this wonderful exercise plan a dear friend of mine has been on.

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.

After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each sack.

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5 Comments so far ↓

Jun
27
11:38
AM

Marqueta
Dear Lynn,

Ha ha! I was getting all excited there, since you were talking about potatoes and all; my weight-training is carrying around a heavy boy half the day!

Love,

Marqueta
Jun
27
1:55
PM

Louise
This is too funny…
Thank you for the mid-day laugh..
Jun
27
10:50
PM

Kisha
That is hilarious!!
Jun
29
8:02
PM

admin
Marqueta, I know! That’s the way I felt when I first started reading.

Louise, I got a good laugh too!!

Kisha, isn’t it?? It’s an exercise I think I can do!
Jul
2
8:03
AM

Sandra
oh my…TOO funny! I was reading and thinking…

wow! – 50 & 100 lbs??!!??

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