My Thoughts on Heavy Weights

I went out to dinner last night and upon looking at the menu, noticed rosè is still the most in-demand wine. I checked out the diet section of Barnes & Noble and noticed that meat-eating is very much in vogue. I shopped for jeans and noticed loose fitting jeans are the top trend. Women lifting heavy weight is also trending. With proper nutrition and an ample amount of weight bearing movement, osteoporosis is preventable. Walking is weight bearing. Dancing is weight bearing. Tennis is weight bearing. Weight bearing happens anytime you’re using your bones to support your body weight against gravity.Keywords: Your. Body. Weight.Can lifting heavy weights (5lbs or more) help improve bone health and muscle tone? Yes. Can liftinglight weights (1-5lbs) help improve bone health and muscle tone? Yes. Are heavy weights better than light weights? No.

What can be done with heavy, can be done with light. AND what can be done with light, can be done with 

no added weight. Yup, your body weight alone can do the job too!Dr. Weston Price wrote a famous book called 

Nutrition & Physical Degeneration in 1939. In it, he reported his findings from traveling around the world studying various tribes “uninfluenced” by modern living. While he mainly focused on dental health, his findings concluded that osteoporosis, from what he could see, did not exist in the aboriginals, even in the tribe’s most elderly females. Isn’t that interesting? These aren’t rich people. These aren’t high tech people. They didn’t own a set of dumbbells. These are 

active people who grow, prepare and eat their own nutrient dense, seasonal/local/whole foods.It’s super trendy to lift heavy weights at the moment, especially among post menopausal women. Influencers are showing off their barbell bench press and their “clean and jerk” on Instagram. That’s all fine – perhaps it calls to you and you want to give it a try, or maybe your doctor recommends you “go big or go home” when it comes to strength training. I say go for it! You can test the waters by going a pound or two up when doing my workouts. Just remember, there is more that one mean to an end, and there are two potential downsides to using heavy weights: 1. increased risk of physical irritation or injury and 2. lower rate of sustainability (i.e., you throw in the towel). 

Personally, I prefer – and what I find not only safe but satisfying and sustainable is –

 Barefoot Fusion. I intentionally created Good Bones, a 20minute barefoot fusion workout for anyone jonesin’ for a strong skeletal system. Let it be known: it can be done, and you’ve got everything you need, now. 

In conclusion…heavy, light or nothing at all, kick off your shoes…Let’s Move!