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OilemFirchen

(7,143 posts) Sat Jan 28, 2023, 06:45 PM Jan 2023

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A great upper body exercise routine for us older folk. [View all]

Find a room where you can comfortably stretch both arms out.

Grasp a 5-pound potato sack in each hand and slowly lift, then lower your arms. Repeat ten times. Do this daily.

After a few weeks, try it with 10-pound sacks.

After a month, move up to 25-pound sacks.

When that's become easy, upgrade to 50-pound sacks.

Then, when you feel confident, put a potato in each sack...

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A great upper body exercise routine for us older folk. [View all] OilemFirchen Jan 2023 OP

Lol! Elessar Zappa Jan 2023 #1

lol...you got me BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #2

LOL hlthe2b Jan 2023 #3

🤣 Deuxcents Jan 2023 #4

Got me, too!!! KarenS Jan 2023 #5

Exactly you don't wanna rush into it. Duncanpup Jan 2023 #6

Thank you for making me laugh! chillfactor Jan 2023 #7

Heehee. Good one. brush Jan 2023 #8

Sorry, not enough info....... MyOwnPeace Jan 2023 #9

That was totally worth reading to the end BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 #10

You know Rebl2 Jan 2023 #11

... Different Drummer Jan 2023 #12

Not gonna lie, you had me in the first.. 🤣🤣🤣 irisblue Jan 2023 #13

Lateral raises are awesome Aviation Pro Jan 2023 #14

OMGAWD, hubby and I damn near bust our guts laughing so hard on this one..... a kennedy Jan 2023 #15

... pazzyanne Jan 2023 #16

LOL ! 😆 secondwind Jan 2023 #17

Nice! I can handle that Evolve Dammit Jan 2023 #18

har har. AllaN01Bear Jan 2023 #19

Reminds me of the Leon Redbone workout GenThePerservering Jan 2023 #20

Put the potato in the front. panader0 Jan 2023 #21

... FailureToCommunicate Jan 2023 #24

Love it! calimary Jan 2023 #22

Lol. That was funny. Thanks! judesedit Jan 2023 #23

LOL!!! Beacool Jan 2023 #25

I actually got as far as the line about 50-pound sacks before I started wondering if this was a highplainsdem Jan 2023 #26

Actually, the first line is the giveaway. OilemFirchen Jan 2023 #27

I have a couple of large pieces of exercise equipment and sets of weights, and highplainsdem Jan 2023 #28

unbelievable is what I thought until the end. lol peacebuzzard Jan 2023 #29

LOL! burrowowl Jan 2023 #30

I was beginning to wonder when you hit ten Lbs! LOL. True Blue American Jan 2023 #31

Hilarious 😆 gademocrat7 Jan 2023 #32

I don't know, sounds like too much work to me. Vinca Jan 2023 #33

There was a time I could toss around 100 lb sacks of feed Kaleva Jan 2023 #34

boomer here llashram Jan 2023 #35

Told me doctor that on my last visit packman Jan 2023 #36

Hilarious! Catherine Vincent Jan 2023 #37

I saw that before and forgot about it. GreenWave Jan 2023 #38

hehehe ;) Niagara Jan 2023 #39

Kick denbot Jan 2023 #40