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&#39;ll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. <br /><br /><br />After a couple of weeks, move up to 10-lb potato sacks. Then try 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. <br /><br />(I&#39;m at this level.) <br /><br /><br />After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each sack.