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lifting_heavy_things2011-10-16 04:03 pm
commodorified) wrote in lifting_heavy_things2011-10-16 04:03 pm
I am not sure if I feel really dumb or really smart (intro post)
Things it took me until I was 41 to figure out:
1) Carrying grocery bags causes fatigue, pain and sometimes injury to my shoulders and back.
2) Lifting dumbells or kettlebells of a similar weight to the grocery bags makes my shoulders and back get strong and feel good.
3) ... maybe it's how I'm doing it?
So now when I need to carry bags home I carry them with my shoulder set, my elbow flexed, and my arm muscles working, as if I were about to do a curl, and while it looks a little bit odd and is actually more difficult than letting the weight just sort of dangle from my hand and hang off my skeleton, I have a lot less pain and a little more muscle.
1) Carrying grocery bags causes fatigue, pain and sometimes injury to my shoulders and back.
2) Lifting dumbells or kettlebells of a similar weight to the grocery bags makes my shoulders and back get strong and feel good.
3) ... maybe it's how I'm doing it?
So now when I need to carry bags home I carry them with my shoulder set, my elbow flexed, and my arm muscles working, as if I were about to do a curl, and while it looks a little bit odd and is actually more difficult than letting the weight just sort of dangle from my hand and hang off my skeleton, I have a lot less pain and a little more muscle.
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I also sing in a choir and we have a folder of music which we hold in one hand and flip pages with the other. Doing this for long periods of time is much easier than it used to be.