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Pastimes : Happy Hour: A thread for not so intelligent discussions
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To: Zbyte who wrote (1951)11/23/1999 10:02:00 AM
From: Barney  Read Replies (1) of 2380
 
Bulking Out

My grand-daddy worked in a blacksmith shop when he was a
young fella, and he used to tell me, when I was a little
nipper, how he had toughened himself up so he could stand
the hard work of blacksmithing.

One story was how he had developed his arm and shoulder
muscles. As he told it, he would stand outside behind the
wood shed, with a 5 pound potato sack in each hand, extend
his arms straight out from his sides and hold them there as
long as he could.

After awhile he tried 10 pound potato sacks, then 50 pound
potato sacks and finally he got to where he could lift a 100
pound potato sack in each hand and hold his arms straight out
for more than two full minutes. . . .

Then, he started putting potatoes in the sacks.
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