Chuckle 1022

Chuckle 1022
(Dick L of Florence OR gets today's chuckle thanks!)

~Don't Overdo It! ~ (2nd time around)
(Plus: Today in History and Word for the Day)

Here is an exercise suggested for adults over 40 and seniors, to build muscle strength in the arms and shoulders.

It seems so easy, so I thought I'd pass it on to some of my friends. Just don't over-do it.

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, 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 sacks.

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 for more than a full minute.


After You Feel Confident at That Level, Put A Potato in Each of The Sacks............... ***

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Word of the Day for Monday April 24, 2006

rebarbative \ree-BAR-buh-tiv\, adjective:Serving or tending to irritate or repel.

Over the past couple of hours a lot of rebarbative, ulcerated and embittered people had been working hard at bedding their resentments down in sensory-deprivation tanks full of alcohol.-- Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis

I still think this true, yet can't help regret the unretrievable hours lavished on so much rebarbative critical prose, convinced that the nearly impenetrable must be profound.-- Michael Dirda, "In which our intrepid columnist visits the Modern Language Association convention and reflects on what he found there", Washington Post, January 28, 2001
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