Re: OT--Exercise for Oldsters

[Guest guest]

You know what I did to build up my arms and my shoulders (and I didn't even

know at the time this would be the result!) I started playing a drum! I

bought a doumbec (middle eastern hand drum) and started playing it---I

attend drum circles also and I bought african and middle eastern music and

listened to it and figured out the beats---my arms are awesome! I didn't

even realize this was happening until I went to drum circle one night in a

sleeveless shirt and all my friends mentioned how buff my arms look---and

the only thing I had been doing is playing my drum! So, if you like beating

on a drum, try it out! Not only will you have fun and hear some great

music, you'll get buff arms out of the fun, too! Oh and it helped increase

my strength in my arms--since I was such a weakling after surgery (I had

never been weak before in my life!)

:-)--the one from Cleveland

OT--Exercise for Oldsters

>

> For those of us getting along in years, here is a little secret for

> building your arm and shoulder muscles. You might want to adopt this

> regimen. Three days a week works well.

>

> Begin by standing outside behind the house, 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. Relax.

>

> After a few weeks, move up to 10-LB. potato sacks, and then 50-LB. potato

> sacks, and eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-LB. potato

> sack in each hand and hold your arms straight out for more than a full

> minute.

>

> After you feel confident at that level, start putting a couple of potatoes

> in each of the sacks, but be careful not to overdo it.