What, no running?

[Julietfred]

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

Give your bones a workout, public told - bbc.co.uk/news/health-44696423. I am a bit puzzled ad to why running is not mentioned in this article as I thought it was good for bones and strength (More so than cycling, which gets a mention)

[Rignold]

No, because running is aerobic exercise, which is for the lungs and heart. You need to be doing resistance exercise for your bones and muscles.

[pinkaardvark Graduate10]

That bbc program a few months back suggested cycling was awful for the bones as the lack of impact led to a reduction in bone density with top cyclists having 20% less bone mass as a result. They suggested activities with impact were the best, they had some cricketers in the test group I think that were best or long jumpers(I don't fully recall) but sadly they omitted runners which would seem to have been best. So running should be great for the bones and it is already well known that running increase bone density however some suggest that you need to have a multi directional dimension ie active twisting from activities such as squash etc.

Some good info here runnersworld.com/health-inj...

[Julietfred Graduate10 in reply to pinkaardvark]

That is what I thought pinkaardvark and was feeling smug about running....

[Julietfred Graduate10 in reply to Julietfred]

Interesting article. Thanks. Should probably continue with the water bottle then even in the winter