The arm-swinging exercise really took off after many people falsely believed it could cure cancer following a Taiwanese surgeon's experience with doing the exercise regularly while he had colorectal cancer. — Filepic
If you are a frequent park-goer, you would have noticed that older exercisers tend to exaggerate their arm movements.
Whether they’re walking or standing still, they swing their arms a lot.
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Start by raising your arms up to shoulder level and pulling your belly in. — Photos: REVATHI MURUGAPPAN/The Star
Just swing your arms back with minimal effort, allowing gravity and momentum to help you out.
If you feel like mixing it up a little, gently double bounce your knees during the fifth swing.
If standing for long is too hard, you can sit on a chair to do the arm swings.
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