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.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
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