Comment by tomnipotent
Comment by tomnipotent 3 days ago
It's my understanding that weight lifting is superior to running for increasing bone density but that both together are superior to any one singular. Makes me think about a Mark Rippetoe article from several years back he helps an older woman (60? 80s?) eliminate her lower back pain with weight lifting and strength training exercises. Rippetoe isn't pefect, but he has a good-enough track record on this stuff.
I had a lateral fracture of my right humerus (arm snapped in half) and the only thing that made the pain go away was strength training. High-rep endurance exercises didn't help, hundreds of pushups a day didn't help, but after I switched to high-weight lift-to-fail the pain slowly disappeared.
A mix is always the best.
At 40+ I do feel the benefits of adding a weekly hour of stretching and winding at the gym. Exercises everyone can put into the daily life to improve mobility. It even helps with my broken hip that was bolted back together a few years ago :-)