“Don't jump.” “Don't run.” “Don't carry weight.”
We have all received these warnings at some point because the activities mentioned, among others, are considered “harmful” to our body.
Well, nothing could be further from the truth. If we talk about healthy subjects and without going into the pathology, we will say that human beings need these stimuli to be stronger.
The locomotor system that makes up the human being is made up of the osteoarticular system (bones, joints and ligaments) and the muscular system (muscles and tendons).
As for the first, we can say that bones are organs as important as muscles or the brain; and these lose quality (bone mineral density) over time. However, it has been shown that they have a wide capacity for regeneration and reconstruction, so it is essential to generate adequate stimuli so that this process develops and their wear is more progressive over time.
As we already know, osteoporosis is a skeletal disease that causes loss of bone mass density and its process accelerates with the onset of menopause in women.
Therefore, if we want to prevent and improve our bone health, we must include these high-impact activities that we mentioned at the beginning of the blog, activities where body weight takes center stage, activities where we generate a great demand on our muscles and, above all, on our hormonal system, such as the mobilization of high loads.
At Evolution Madrid we try to adapt and individualize the exercise to our users, based on science and our experience, and we do not get carried away by myths or decontextualized statements.
We also maintain that the above statements are not true, and that the words always and never are not applicable to exercise and/or therapeutic treatment. Therefore, we know that:
Swimming is not always going to be the best exercise for your back.
Cycling is not always going to be the best exercise for your knees.
Working the external rotators does not always improve the symptoms of a painful shoulder.
True success lies in knowing that there are no bad exercises and in knowing why to prescribe one instead of another.
