Health Tip: Opt for Weight-Bearing Exercises

They can help build bone health

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(HealthDay News) -- Weight-bearing exercises are important, especially for girls and women who want to build bone strength and prevent osteoporosis later.

Weight-bearing exercises are done standing up and make the bones and muscles work against gravity.

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The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons offers these examples of good weight-bearing exercises:

• Fast-paced walking, running or jogging, or going for a hike.
• Gardening or cutting the grass with a push mower.
• Team sports, such as basketball, soccer and baseball.
• Racquet sports, such as tennis.
• Aerobics or dance classes.
• Bowling, karate or judo, skating or skiing.
• Lifting weights or climbing stairs.

-- Diana Kohnle