# Does this count as useful exercise? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 17, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-count-as-useful-exercise/969842 "2022-08-17T19:09:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-count-as-useful-exercise/969842/21 "2022-08-19T20:32:25Z")
You get me! ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-count-as-useful-exercise/969842/22 "2022-08-19T20:32:56Z")
Thanks for such detailed and useful advice, everyone. I really appreciate it ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-count-as-useful-exercise/969842/23 "2022-08-23T23:14:46Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Once you feel comfortable at this level, put a potato in each bag… Wow! I could do the 50lb on my first try. I must be in such good shape I’m not even going to bother to add potatos. I don’t want to get too over-muscled. A lot of the middle schools and high schools here have started putting in various simple exercise machines. They all seem to work on resistance rather than weights. So, bikes, curling machines etc. I’ve never seen a single person on them. No kids on all the baseball diamonds, batting cages, hoop courts or soccer fields either. During school hours elementary kids are out there sometimes, but it seems they are just turned loose with no instruction. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-count-as-useful-exercise/969842.md?page=1)