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Strength training and strong bones

Make no bones about it, strength training will help keep your body in good shape! A recent study shows women who undergo long-term weight training have more active forms of bone- and muscle-strengthening growth hormone....

$bone hip fracture$ That finding comes from a detailed study of different forms of growth hormone seen in young women who underwent various weight-training regimens.

In the study, women who underwent six months of moderate- or high-intensity training and aerobic exercise had increased levels of various forms of growth hormone.

Moreover, the types of growth hormone were more biologically active than growth hormone variants found in women who did not regularly exercise.

The conclusion? "Women need to have heavy-loading cycle workouts in their resistance training routines, as it helps to build muscle and bone," Kraemer says in a news release.

See our other articles on starting resistance training or osteoporosis.

Source: WebMD. Journal Reference: American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism Dec 2006.