Hello fellow travelers....not an easy road to walk, for sure.
I did go for my complimentary workout at my local OsteoStrong facility yesterday. I was walked through all the modalities and was than guided through a total workout..which takes about 15 minutes. I was doing the different strength loading workouts...pressing down, pulling up..leg strength as well as the vibration plate experience. It all felt great to do...watching the numbers climb and seeing my strength measured..which surprised even the ladies that were assisting me. It's true that it takes about 4.5 x one's own body weight to even 'wake up' our bone building agents...by doing these types of 'tensions' for the 5 sec. had quite an effect on how I felt afterwards. I did get up to pushing 575lbs on the arm machine..and since I weigh 124lbs...that wasn't bad at all for my first time. I have to admit..by the end of my day I was pooped!...I felt 'worked-out' for sure! More than I have in years and years of being active...I wasn't sore in any areas..just wiped out!
I went to bed early..and feel great today! I got a whole bunch of literature on the vibration therapy as well as the reasoning behind "OsteoStrongs" techniques, which I've read and better understand their goals.,now. It's a once a week program for 129 a month....a little less for families.
Because I present with such high DXA numbers...the minus numbers....I haven't been pushing my workouts as much these past years....but this 15 minute workout was like the old days..when I would work out for hours and got that 'feeling' of an all over body exhaustion....it felt great!, must say....
I am doing other modalities at this time..like collagen and more protein intake along with "GrowBone"..and will have another DXA in July. I am also getting cataract surgeries in April and May...so I need to get all of these things behind me and I just might end up scrimping on some things and going for this regime. After feeling the results of the 15min workout...
Wishing you all the best in your searches.