Exercise for people over 50

**Cookie** · 12-17-2012, 04:58 PM

It's tough but I did it!!

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.

**Terry** · 12-17-2012, 06:56 PM

Sweet!
That's amazing.

That I fell for it.

**Cookie** · 12-17-2012, 07:37 PM

Peggy, a high school girlfriend sent me that, and, I sat and laughed at that. I thought it was really funny.

**bluebinky** · 02-19-2013, 06:35 PM

Funny yes, but it sounds a lot like the exercise routine after I messed up my right shoulder a few years ago doing military presses with 160lbs.

Getting old sucks...

**BobL43** · 02-21-2013, 09:01 AM

Originally Posted by bluebinky

Funny yes, but it sounds a lot like the exercise routine after I messed up my right shoulder a few years ago doing military presses with 160lbs.

Getting old sucks...

Yes it does, but the alternative is worse binky