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Exercise And MenopauseExercise And MenopauseFacts and fallacies about exercising during menstruation and menopause
I have a serious problem with the advice that many personal
trainers and health care professionals give women. In many cases it’s
worthless, and in some cases it’s counterproductive. Let’s start with
aerobic exercise after menopause.
Aerobic training is not the type of exercise that menopausal women
need to deal with potential bone loss. At menopause, estrogen levels
decrease, making women more susceptible to osteopenia (low bone mineral
density), eventually followed by osteoporosis (weak and brittle bones).
At this point in their lives, to make their bones stronger it is
especially important that women emphasize strength training; the
research coming out of Finland is very clear that strength training is
the best form of exercise to prevent osteopenia. Now don’t misunderstand
me. I’m not against all forms of energy system training, as interval
training is fine, but long, slow distance training is self-defeating at
menopause because it is associated with greater bone loss.
Submitted by DMorgan on Sun, 02/13/2011 - 6:46pm. |
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