Comments on: Exercise and Osteoporosis

by: Marcela

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:50:35 +0000

Hi,
You do a lot of cardio not enough of weight training exercise. 3-4 days of cardio is great but you should add at least another 2 days of weight training.
Some recommended exercises: squats, lunges, push up, bench press, crunches, plank

by: FAZAL

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:07:08 +0000

Hi,
I am 19 year old male, with 170 lbs weight. I am going gym for 3-4 days and I am doing treadmill excercise, Cycling and other stuffs for weight loss since I am over weighted in stomach and butt area. I need a perfect routine from you or some sort of excercises needed to reduce weight.

by: NoExcusesGym » Over 50 doesn’t mean over the hill

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:16:40 +0000

[…] If you didn’t start exercise, start now. Why is Exercise so important as we age? After 50, we begin to loose muscle mass at the rate of 6 percent every decade (about 5 pounds) and we gain 15 pounds of fat every ten years to replace it. Less muscle and more fat stores in the body, combined with inactivity and poor diet, can contribute to a wide array of degenerative conditions and disabilities, among them: osteoporosis, Heart Disease, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, and Osteoarthritis. Researchers speculate that Alzheimer’s disease and certain cancers can also be linked to a lack of activity as we age. […]

by: NoExcusesGym » The best cardion for osteoporosis

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:04:53 +0000

[…] Trying to find the best cardio workout to prevent or help with osteoporosis? Exersice on your feet. Cycling, swimming and rowing won’t strengthen your bones as well as jogging, walking, stair climbing, dancing, step aerobic, weight lifting and jumping. Also be sure that you get 1000 ti 1200 mg of calcium every day. One container of low-fat yogurt will give you about 1000 mg. Or take a calcium supplement that also contains vitamin D to aid in absorption. You can read more about exercise and osteoporosis in my other article. […]