I attended one session of OsteoStrong in La Jolla and had a good experience. I liked being able to measure what I press, and their machines measure the press and print it out for you. The staff were nice and friendly, and they offered a free chance to stand in a tiny room with red light or do one of two other choices.
BUT (1) I pressed so hard I got nauseated (and found out later that is simply overdoing). (2) They have you stand on the Whole Body Vibration Machine for only three minutes to "warm up" before pressing. (3) The super-nice trainer is not a PT or trained beyond what I learned by researching online. (4) I'd spend more time driving to Osteo than exercising. (5) It's expensive. (6) I work with a superb PT for all my overexercising injuries.
CONCLUSION: I do my own "OsteoStrong" session every Wednesday at home--the routine they use: upper, core, legs, leg adductors, and Whole Body Vibration, but I stand 10 minutes on my own whole body vibration machine. I don't get to measure what I'm pressing, and I have to improvise. For my leg work, I'm now lying under our piano and pushing it up with my feet! I'm rocking the piano on its back wheels until it hits the wall, so it's not technically LIFTING. It's hard to find something we can press our hardest on without breaking it and injuring ourself.
I've done 33 weeks straight.
I'm also doing Dr. Fishman's 12 Yoga Poses for Osteoporosis every day. Kendra Fitzgerald leads excellent-back-posture poses online in various videos. (Find your favorite.) I do see that yoga stresses bones in ways that should logically trigger natural bone growth. And it builds posture.
My last Dexascan showed my bone density stayed precisely the same for two years, with only the whole body vibration machine no more often than three times a week, plus ballet and running. (Doing whole body vibration every day for 10+ minutes trashed my joints from ankles to shoulders. But they healed.)
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