Lose the bat wings...

jennb40
on 1/29/07 8:41 pm - Nashua, NH

I came across this exercise suggested for those wanting to lose the wings, to build muscle strength in the arms and shoulders. It seems so easy, so I thought I'd pass it on. The article suggested doing it three days a week. Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side. 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, 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 sacks. Then 50-lb. potato sacks, and then eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-lb. potato sack in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. Once you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each of the sacks. Sorry....just couldn't resist!!!

Barb...

ya!

Tamara L.
on 1/29/07 10:37 pm - Winston-Salem, NC

RNY on 03/21/06

: Barbara.....that was so funny!! I was thinking you were Wonder Woman if you could lift all that weight. It took a minute for the last line to sink in! You are one wild and crazy gal! Too funny! (I needed that!) Tamara

Darlene X
on 1/29/07 10:45 pm - Maricopa, AZ

RNY on 03/20/06

Yup... thats an isometric workout--- holding a muscle in place for a period of time. Hubby loves isometric's... there is a work out DVD that everyone raves about on the main forum called Chicometrics... which is based on those same principles of an isometric workout.

jennb40
on 1/29/07 10:54 pm - Nashua, NH

RNY on 03/13/06

Darlene...this was a joke!!!! You hold the potatoe bags...without the potatoes! I wi****hought I could hold 100 pounds in EACH hand!!!!! I do the Chicometrics - we do it twice a week and it does seem to help! Have a nice day!!!!