Thursday, January 28, 2010

Your bones need that pounding

You need to pound your bones to make your skeleton strong. If you're like me, the thought of jogging or jumping rope is a turn-off. A recent study from Oregon State University shows walking instead in a weighted vest will do the same trick.

The study found that women who exercised while wearing a weighted vest increased bone density by 1.5% in a fracture-prone area of the hip, while active women who didn't wear weights lost 4.4% of bone mass at that spot during the same time.

To look at a weighted vest and see if that might work for you, go to www.nyknyc.com.

Excerpt from a 2/10 Readers' Digest article on health.

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