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What Are ‘WeightBearing’ Exercises? The best kind of exercise for strengthening bones is the weight-bearing kind. But what is it exactly? “Weight-bearing exercises are simply those exercises that make your muscles work against gravity,” says Feyrouz Al-Ashkar, MD, FACR, CCD, who specializes in treating rheumatic and immunologic disease at Cleveland Clinic Lorain Family Health and Surgery Center. Some examples are: I Brisk walking, jogging, hiking Yard work such as pushing a lawn mower and doing heavy gardening Team sports, such as soccer, baseball and basketball Dancing, step aerobics and stair climbing Tennis and other racket sports Skiing, skating, karate and bowling Weight training with free weights or machines I I I I I I Source: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Support Actress and family woman Blythe Danner shares the top reasons modern grandmothers should focus on building bone health By Kathryn Stewart Full of 8I IN GOOD HEALTH

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