Re: bone density loss

joe cipale

2009-03-13

Weight bearing exercises:
Running
Weight lifting
Soccer

The above sports are weight-bearing sports that help to build bone
density and muscle mass.

Joe C
"I am not an exercise physiologist, but I did read The Oregonian
yesterday..."

On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 22:09 -0700, Joel Morrissette wrote:
> More importantly, what should we be doing to prevent it? Besides lots
> of green, leafy veggies, of course...
>
> -Joel
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> 2009/3/13 Michael O'Hair :
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> > More random musings:
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> > Has anyone studied bone density loss in bicyclists in terms of free radical
> > generation? I remember Dr Ralph Yates' article on his bone density loss
> > due to overtraining. If anyone overtrains, it has to be Tour-level pros.
> > It would seem "obvious" that putting in hundreds of miles a week is going to
> > have "side effects" of some sort.
> >
> > Anyone have any data or pointers thereto on this?
> >
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