My lumbar t-score on my 1st DEXA in 2019 at age 50.5 was -3.9. I asked doctors what exercises are safe to do but they have no clue. In January 2022, I joined a gym and I’ve been going ever since. I try to be as careful as possible (bend at the hips not at the waist) and have slowly increased the weights I use. I can now leg press 415 lbs—I’m 4’11” and weigh 108 lbs. On the back extension machine I’m up to 132.5 lbs.

Note, I don’t have any fragility fractures and I really question my DEXA results—I’ve read they can be wrong for smaller people but who knows.