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Do not forget speedskating! Weight bearing, fitness and power development plus insane speed generation.
It is also low impact for those of us (myself included) who no longer enjoy a full complement of meniscus in our knees. Hence I no longer run or play soccer.

Joseph Boquiren
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----- Original Message -----
From: "joe cipale"
To: "Joel Morrissette"
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:33:25 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] bone density loss

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
>
> 2009/3/13 Michael O'Hair :
> >
> > More random musings:
> >
> > 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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