Exercise For People Over 40 - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

silver fox · 05-03-2009, 11:58 AM

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 will find that you can hold this position 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, try it with a potato in each bag!

SF aka Warwick

scrolldog · 05-03-2009, 12:08 PM

S F,thats one that works for me lol.

Burdez · 05-03-2009, 02:25 PM

SF:
you had me going there when you said you was holding 100lb bag in each hand
Erssel

sawdustus · 05-03-2009, 03:50 PM

Now that's my wife's idea of exercise.

george

wood-n-things · 05-03-2009, 04:02 PM

I might be able to accomplish the first part...

Standing on a comfortable surface....But I might have some trouble finding room on "BOTH" sides.....

05-03-2009, 11:58 AM	#1
silver fox Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 66	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 will find that you can hold this position 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, try it with a potato in each bag! SF aka Warwick

05-03-2009, 12:08 PM	#2
scrolldog A bad day scrollin'..... Join Date: May 2005 Location: Waterloo,Ia Posts: 343	S F,thats one that works for me lol. __________________ Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.Cliff

05-03-2009, 03:50 PM	#4
sawdustus Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,255	Now that's my wife's idea of exercise. george __________________ A day without sawdust is a day without sunshine. George delta 650, hawk G426

05-03-2009, 04:02 PM	#5
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 6,006 Blog Entries: 1	I might be able to accomplish the first part... Standing on a comfortable surface....But I might have some trouble finding room on "BOTH" sides..... __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. I don't make mistakes..I thought I made a mistake once, but I was wrong. Mike's Wood-n-Things

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05-03-2009, 02:25 PM	#3
Burdez Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: I'm an American living in San Miguel De Allende Mexico Posts: 1,164	SF: you had me going there when you said you was holding 100lb bag in each hand Erssel