exercise and bone heath

Women reach a peak bone mass between ages 20 and 30. After that they lose a little bone every year. Thinning bones result in a high incidence of fractures with age. American women sustain more than 1.5 million fractures every year - particularly to bones in the wrist, spine and hips. Many women exercise to prevent bone loss. Johns Hopkins researchers found that vigorous exercise and carrying extra body weight increased bone mass, but light exercise did not. Oregon State researchers have found high impact exercise, such a jumping rope or intense weight training, builds bone best. Working on your bone density now is absolutely esssential for preventing bone problems for the rest of our life. Girls and women are never too young to begin building bone mass.
(J.Int.Med.252:1-8, 2003)

Good info!!!

I will have my wife read this...again

good read ladies....

I learned this first hand when I broke my elbow this past summer. I took a nasty spill on my road bike and broke my elbow in addition to my jaw (fractured six teeth and got 11 stitches in my chin, too). And all this on a bicycle! Anyway, the orthopedic surgeon who treated my broken elbow was amazed at how much my bone was built up in my forearms. He said it was definitely a result of weight lifting and bike riding. He said I would have broken my arm much worse if my bones weren't that strong. Besides the fact that I would have been hurt worse overall if I wasn't in such good shape. It was great to experience the positive benefits of being in shape!

Other awesome benefit of weight lifting I'm really glad i'm into lifting weights.