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Originally Posted by unsunghero
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Lifting is great for your bone health
When you lift weights your bones bend ever so slightly and when that happens your body goes “OH SHIT! Mah bones just almost bent a little! We need bone reinforcement, stat!” And it begins to grow new stronger bone tissue
I dunno the actual process, osteo-something. But exercise scientists say the best thing you can physically do for your bone health is lift
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This is referred to as
Wolff's Law
The process is called osteogenesis.
The best thing you can do for your bone health is walk, due to how fibrocartilage works. The second best thing you can do is lift.