New Weight Vest Provides Weight-bearing Exercise to Prevent Bone Loss from Osteoporosis
(ContentDesk) August 14, 2005 -- Women at risk for Osteoporosis now have a choice. Drugs like Fosomax are no longer the only solution. It has been known for some time that weight-bearing exercise promotes healthy bones. But the problem was getting women over fifty, the segment most at risk, to lift weights.A new weight vest on the market, designed by a movement therapist, eliminates the need to lift weights. The weight vest has the weights in exactly the right place to promote the building of bone density while being extremely comfortable.
Women can use this weight vest for one hour a day during exercise or when doing chores around the house and garden. They don't have to go to the gym. They can increase their bone density and improve their balance in the privacy of their homes. Dr Christine Snow, the Director of the Bone Research Laboratory, had this to say about a program of exercise, using a weight vest, to increase bone density in women at risk of Osteoporosis. "These kinds of results from an exercise routine haven't been achieved before (without the vest) and they contradict what the medical community has been saying for years.
Over a five year period exercise was as good or better than either estrogen or Fosamax for preventing bone loss." This weight vest has been designed by a woman who was diagnosed with Osteoporosis and could not find a comfortable weight vest on the market. It has heavy padding on the shoulders and the weights are up higher than other vests so that they more effectively target the spine and hip bones. Osteoporosis is often labeled the silent killer because people don't realize their bones are getting fragile until they have a fall. According to the Surgeon General's report, in the United States one in two women and one in four men, aged 50 and older, will have an osteoporosis-related fracture.This new weight vest could make a difference to those statistics..
What is the Right Home Exercise Program for You?
What do you want to get out of the exercise program?What you want to achieve as a whole fitness program has to do with the kind of program that will work for you in the long run. You may want to ask yourself what you want to accomplish, do you want to lose weight, do you want to stay in shape.Maybe you just want to reduce some of the stress in your life. Maybe you want to improve your overall health or increase your muscle strength.If your goal is to lose weight, then start with a low impact or very low impact activity like walking, and eventually work up to 30 minutes every day.If your goal is to strengthen your muscles, then get some free weights or exercise equipment with a book or videotape.Or if you want to gain improved flexibility, then you can try yoga or simple stretching that covers your major muscle groups.Before you start any exercise program, especially if you're over 40, or have any health problems like high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, a family history of...
What is the Right Home Exercise Program for You?
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Exercise and Womens Weight Loss Plan
Exercise and Women's Weight Loss Plan: Proper Diet +Exercise=Weight Loss
Have you had a difficult time deciding what to eat each day? It is so frustrating trying to decide: -What to eat? -How much to eat? -How much exercise? You need the exercise and women's weight loss plan!
I understand because I have been there and am still struggling with these choices on a daily basis. When you put all of this together, exercise and changing you're eating habits you will feel great and look great!
Each day you're going to rely on the right carbs, protein, fat, and this will enable you to live happily without the bad carbs, processed sugar and bad fat. As a result you are going to get healthy and loose weight. -You will eat normal size portions of meat, chicken, fish, turkey (remember most peoples portions are too large) A normal sized portion is the size of the palm of your hand. -You'll have plenty of vegetables, eggs, cheese, nuts.
-Salads. -No bread for two weeks...
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Lower Back Extension Exercise
This is an excellent exercise for the lower back that is very simple to perform. This exercise requires no equipment and it can be performed almost anywhere, even at your office. Many people neglect to do exercises that focus on your lower back. Your lower back, Erector Spinae, supports your upper body and affects almost every sport and every day activity that you do. It is important that you exercise this part of the body.
The lower back extension is probably the best exercise for strengthening your lower back as well as eliminating or preventing lower back pain.If you sit on a chair all day, you may be experiencing tight or sore back muscles. To eliminate these nagging minor pains, perform this exercise 2-3 times per week consisting of 2 sets of 15 repetitions. This is an exercise also recommended by chiropractors and doctors. I've also seen variations of this exercise done in Pilates and Yoga. If you do constantly have back pains, it is advisable that you consult with your...
Lower Back Extension Exercise
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