Do you have ways to ease use of vinyl?


The reason for this post is to help some of the older guys here who recently said they gave up on vinyl because of its physical challenges. And at 66, I could not agree more. I used to have a two shelves rack for my turntable, which placed the top of the platter above knee height, at 25". To flip vinyl was either bend over and hurt my back, or doing it and one knee and hurt those.
Well, NO MORE.
Late last year I purchased a 4 shelves rack which puts the top of the platter at my belly button height, 40". Btw, I am of average height, 5'10".
What a difference! My back and knees will be forever thankful.
Here is another thing that greatly eased my vinyl experience.
I use an outer ring, center weight and brush my vinyl for each play. This was the process it entailed: Put on the center weight before brushing because I play my vinyl on a bare aluminum platter. Wait until the brushing was done before putting on the outer ring because I brushed the conventional way, finishing by dragging the brush outward to get rid of the dust. Once brushed, removed the center weight so I could install the outer ring and then reinstall the center weight and I finally could drop the needle. Ouf!
NO MORE!
Now I put on the outer ring first, then brush the record taking the brush INWARD instead, leaving the minute dust on the label (and I found out it does a much better job of brushing since the brush moves in the direction of the grooves, inward). Once brushed, simply put on the center weight and drop the needle. Voila!
Easier ten fold.
Another important pointer, the center weight, brush AND OUTER RING must be near the TT and at the SAME HEIGHT. Your back will thank you.
Those changes took me over 50 years to figure out and they have literally made my listening to vinyl experience a dream instead of dreading to flip those vinyl. 
Please share any tip you may have to ease up the physical burden that some older folks here may have about using vinyl. Thanks.

128x128baylinor
30 plus years after getting rid of all my LP's and TT, I decided to get back into them again. Still not sure WHY. Even though it is nowhere near meeting audiophile standards, I choose a Line Phono TT stand to hold my new TT simply because it was the only one I could find that put my TT at a realistically usable height. My back thanks me for it. What's left of my brain is still trying to figure out why I insist on retreating back into the stone age.
Fun post.  Key is to have the platter at such a height that your elbows are at a 90 degree angle.  No bending, stooping, leaning, etc.  I lucked out with the height of my built-in cabinet and height of turntable, it works out this way.  There are turntables with vacuums now that suck the LP down to the platter.  No rings necessary.
@pgaulke60
I like the 90 degree angle elbows height best. It is 43" for me. Since my TT is at 40", I'm buying a 3" butcher block to put under it. Always wanted to do that anyway. Thanks for all the suggestions everybody. Fun post indeed, no one insulting eachother. Refreshing.
A couple questions for Baylinor and Meim and one for the rest of you.

First, baylinor, what are you using for your outer ring? I wanted to get one for my VPI Classic 2, but the VPI one was so expensive I put off getting one.  Maybe you found a more economical alternative.

Meim, could you explain a little more where you have that small O-ring on the VPI arm lift located, that you described in the picture you provided a link to. It sounds like a great idea, but I couldn't figure out what you had done from looking at your picture. Your setup looked a bit different than mine.

Anybody else, I had read somewhere of a add-on device that would automatically lift the arm up off the record once it had finished playing. Is there any such device any of you have used, or could recommend? That way you could fall asleep listening to a record and not worry about having to lift the arm up at the end of the record's play. Whenever I'm getting a bit sleepy at night I usually put on CD's to avoid this problem. 

Mike