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The internet loves lifting. Cool, but the kind of legs you get from walking a lot are fine too.
by atomical 8y ago
The internet loves lifting. Cool, but the kind of legs you get from walking a lot are fine too.
- elhudy 8y agoAgreed that walking is great. However, the positive bone-density effects of lifting are greater than those of walking [1]. >Both aerobic and resistance training exercise can provide weight-bearing stimulus to bone, yet research indicates that resistance training may have a more profound site specific effect than aerobic exercise. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9927006 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9927006
- atomical 8y agoBut does it actually prevent falls or make the elderly less likely to break bones?
- elhudy 8y agoI'm not sure, but mechanistically speaking that would make sense, wouldn't you think?
- atomical 8y agoPeople thought that consuming more calcium would do the same thing. > While there is a small effect of calcium supplementation in the upper limb, the increase in BMD which results is unlikely to result in a clinically significant decrease in fracture risk. The results do not support the use of calcium supplementation in healthy children as a public health intervention. https://www.cochrane.org/CD005119/MUSKEL_calcium-for-improving-bone-mineral-density-in-children https://www.cochrane.org/CD005119/MUSKEL_calcium-for-improvi...
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- dota_fanatic 8y agoBy that same logic, should consuming lots and lots of protein yield bigger, stronger muscles? Or perhaps in both cases, the body must experience stimulus such that the tissues "know" they need to get at the necessary supplies coming in. Why build muscles, or stronger bones, if the body overall never does anything to need them? It would be wasted motion from their point of view.