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. (Believe it or not, I personally have achieved this level so it CAN be done)




















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

 

I could do this!

I tossed a few shovels full of snow around tonight, so any other exercise will have to wait a week or two.

 

 

 

Good one!

 

Got me! Good one.

 

An old one but still a good one.

 

I made them into french fries!