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How much weight lifting is required to build bone?

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jun 3 10:35pm | Replies (167)
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@awfultruth

I guess it's rather late to be commenting on this thread but I hadn't noticed it before. On exercise and how much resistance to use I keep encouraging people to look at the three LIFTMOR trials. They are in my opinion the best studies done using exercise with heavy resistance to build bone. The studies appear to be well done and they get significant gains with their protocol. One of the trials compared the LIFTMOR protocol to a Bio-Density machine (like OsteoStrong). LIFTMOR did better. You can search in this forum for some discussion of this and the studies are all available on the internet. Plus the lead researcher Belinda Beck has interviews and the like on Youtube and other websites. Best of luck

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cahabagirl | @cahabagirl | Jan 4 4:21am

Thank you so much, @awfultruth ! I will definitely look into this as I’ve never heard of it before.

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jasperina | @jasperina | Jan 4 10:22am

With the help of a trainer I am working up to the regime described in the LIFTMOR protocol. If you are inexperienced with weights as I was, there is a need to lay down a foundation first. The squat and overhead press are technical moves and must be mastered before more weight is added to prevent injury. 80-85% of the one rep max, 5 x for 5 sets will be challenging for me, but I am very committed to this.
We anticipate implementing the full LIFTMOR program by mid-February.

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