by Stephen Holt, Timonium Personal Trainer and Nutrition Coach
Calcium and vitamin D are real factors in bone health after menopause. They are also frequently used as substitutes for the interventions that matter most — and that substitution...
Walking is the most common exercise recommendation women receive after menopause. For cardiovascular health, mood, blood sugar regulation, and joint mobility, that recommendation...
Not all exercise builds bone. The type of mechanical stress matters — and the exercises most commonly recommended for older women are often the least effective for bone density....
A DEXA scan gives you a number. Here’s what that number actually means for your fracture risk – and what it doesn’t tell you.
After menopause, bone loss accelerates faster than at any other point in a woman’s life. Here’s what’s driving it – and what the research shows actually reverses it.
The research on building muscle after 60 is more encouraging than most people have been led to believe. The ability doesn’t disappear – it just requires more deliberate management.
A slow metabolism after 50 is usually a muscle problem. Here’s the connection most exercise programs – and most diets – completely overlook.
Sarcopenia is the medical term for age-related muscle loss. Most of what gets diagnosed as sarcopenia is actually disuse atrophy – and disuse atrophy is reversible.
Cardio has real benefits. Preserving muscle mass isn’t one of them. Here’s why the exercise most women rely on after menopause isn’t addressing the most important problem.
