How does lifting weight increase your bone density?
Understand simple science behind it.
Understand simple science behind it.
Every time you lift weight especially a heavier one, your muscles contract and pull on the bones they're attached to.
The pulling force along with the direct compression and bending forces sends a signal to skeletal system.
These signal activate special cells in your bone called osteoblast, and their job is to build more bone tissue.
On the flip side you also have osteoclast, which reabsorbs old bone tissue.
But in health, osteoblasts win.
But in health, osteoblasts win.
So when you repeatedly subject your bone to such stress, your bones recognize the need of stronger bone and lays down more bone matrix especially calcium and phosphorus.
This makes the bone more robust and less porous.
This makes the bone more robust and less porous.
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