I came across this exercise suggested for the over-37s to build muscle strength in the arms & shoulders. The article suggested doing it 3 days a week, but I do it daily.
1. Begin by standing on a comfortable, flat surface, where you have plenty of room at each side. With a 2kg potato bag in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try to hold for a full minute, then relax.
2. Each day, you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit
longer. After a couple of weeks, move up to 5kg potato bag. Then a 25kg potato bag and eventually try to get to where you can lift a 50kg potato bag in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. (I'm at that level).
3. When you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each of the
bags.
Thanks go to Moira Jakobsson from Enjoy Music for that one
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