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Weekly Resource Roundup Reflecting on Eating & Exercise Katy Bowman’s book “Move Your DNA” analyzes the impact our modern, sedentary culture has on our bodies. She describes how our relationship to food has changed in our modern era. As we approach the holidays, this excerpt is important to reflect on how we frame eating and…

Weekly Resource Roundup Bone Quality vs Bone Density Physical Therapist, Margaret Martin writes about the importance of measuring bone quality to determine fracture risk. Some key points from the article are:Bone quality is the architecture of the bone, not just the density. Bones need to be able to twist and withstand sheering forces to be…

This week I had a new lady in her 70s attend my Strong for Life class.  I had one-on-one time with her before class and asked what kind of things she does for physical activity and she said she walked a lot. I asked if she had experience lifting weights and she said “no, I’m…