Weight Resistance Training for Older Woman
If you are questioning whether weight resistance training is right you or not, read this blog to learn about how weights can benefit your physical health as we age…
The mechanical strain of ligament on bone with weighted workouts prevents the deterioration of Osteoporosis, essentially bone deterioration.
Imagery: it is like pulling motion on the bone that stops the bone deterioration in its tracks.
It is particularly important woman in their forties and fifties to be in the gym at this stage in life, because throughout life, every week the end of your bones regenerate themselves with Osteoblasts (bone rebuilding cells) and Osteoclasts (bone destroying cells) by 7%, which is an even amount of degeneration and repair (regenerating your bones).
However when you hit the menopause and experience reduced Oestrogen levels in the body, the Osteoclasts (bone destroying cells) multiply ten times, so the body is now destroying bones by 70% and still only repairing bones by 7%. So now your at high risk of developing Osteoporosis (brittle bone disease) and the only thing that has proven to stop Osteoporosis in its tracks is the mechanical strain of ligament on bone.
Studies show that strength training over a period of time can help prevent bone loss -and may even help build new bone.
One study found that postmenopausal women who participated in a strength training program for a year saw significant increases in their bone density in the spine and hips, areas affected most by Osteoporosis in older women.
Weight resistance training cannot reverse bone damage but a good resistance programme can stop the continuing of Osteoporosis.
References:
https://www.webmd.com/osteoporosis/features/weight-training
Felicia Cosman, MD, medical director, Clinical Research Center, Helen Hayes Hospital, Haverstraw, N.Y.
Beatrice Edwards, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine, director of the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Evanston, Ill.
Don Lein, MS, PT, physical therapist, Spain Rehabilitation Center and Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Clinic, University of Alabama, Birmingham.