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jessica1045 · Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 17 Location: UK

"Men who participate in athletic sports in their late teens gain stronger bones, a benefit that can persist long after they stop exercising intensively. This is because exercise has the greatest effect on bone mineral density during childhood and puberty.

Researchers tracked the bone health of 63 athletes and 27 non-athletes, from when they were an average age of 17 until they were an average age of 25.

The athletic group, composed of hockey and badminton players, actively trained for nine hours every week, and had generally been doing so for about a decade. Their workouts included weight training, playing soccer and long-distance running.

Over the course of the study, 40 athletes stopped their training and, consequently, their average bone mineral density (BMD) fell dramatically.

Nevertheless, the group that was athletically active at the outset of the study had better BMD numbers -- no matter if they continued exercising or didn't -- than the non-athletic group, particularly in their hips, where debilitating fractures often occur.

The researchers estimated that the young athletes cut their risk of future fractures in half by being active"

talisa1551 · Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 17 Location: china

"That's good to hear, But aren't we still more likely to have problems such as arthritis and knees that make cracking noises.
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birangela · Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 11 Location: uk

"Only if you under-nourish, over-train, train unsafely and ..well follow the rule you posted ""If it wasn't painfully difficult then you didn't do it right""

I am afraid I don't agree with that. While it is a very macho saying..it is not likely to be the safest practice!

Proper lifting can be joyfully easy. There is some pain...but that feels good!

I started training before I was 8. I have trained over 25 years. Powerlifting, bodybuilding, running, walking, hiking, arm wrestling...

The majority of my injuries came from non-sports related incidents...and even those are healed up.

The few lifting related injuries I have ever suffered resulted from stupid, ego-driven training. I healed all those up.

Over the years, there can be wear and tear...but at 40 you don't train the way you do at 20, and at 50 you train differently, and at 60, and 70...Some of my clients are in their 70s...they do fine.

If you take care not to strain and tear at your ligaments and tendons...then you won't have much of that popping.

Commonly, arthritis...is not caused from lifting. If you eat poorly and poison yourself regularly with poor food choices, if you are exposed to many environmental toxins and if you continue to expose yourself to things you are allergic too...then you can expect arthritis.
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maria ross · Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 16

" That saying isn't so much for lifting. More towards sports, I was brought up the traditional way instead of the modern way with sports. Which is more push yourself until you throw up and the go some more. I recently started kickboxing, and it is the way I like it to be in such good shape that I'm still breathing with my mouth shut chest hardly moving when he's ready to quit.

I lift lighter weight(all about form)

I didn't actually know that diet had anything to do with arthritis. I figured it came from running to much and wearing down the cartiledge. So I'm guessing that eating right helps slow or prevent this.

I do put my body through more than it's supposed to go trhough and ""overtrain"" I can still mesure monthly.

Another question, If I keep beating up my body and eating good will I come out somewhere in the middle of good joints and horrible arthritis? Incase it's genetic nobdy in my family has it.
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