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Have ya\u2019ll seen that trending video<\/a> that states women should be pounding the stairs when they walk down?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only me? Well, I guess that the algorithms have correctly targeted me as someone who is concerned about aging. And I sort of hate this newfound interest of mine. But apparently, we should be including as much impact into our lives as possible. Because the process of banging on our stairs actually creates more bone. Why is this important for us girlies? Because a lot of women develop osteoporosis.  That trending video says that one out of every two women will break a bone due to the degenerated bone disease. That\u2019s bonkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let’s not fracture our hip, mkay?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve never broken a bone, and I have no intentions to begin the older I get. And as a younger person I spent a lot of time in the gym.  Now, I love me a gym. Typically the grimier the better. Give me the old smell of sweat over a careful curated olfactory sensory experience any day. But once the weather warms here in North America, I find that my love of the gym wanes a bit, just because I want to be outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how do I get the necessary impact to my body while being outside? Sports obvs. Faster movement stimulate bone growth much butter than slow gentle walking. Bones need impact, load and power. And guess what has all of that, pickleball. I love racket sports, having played tennis as a youngster. But now it\u2019s been about a decade since I was consistent with my tennis racket, and I\u2019ve found pickleball. Not surprisingly it offers an incredible workout. The rallies boost endurance and you better bet that I\u2019m pounding my feet all around the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another thing that\u2019s been on my mind as I get older is making sure I am a part of some sort of community. Pickleball also comes in handy here too. There are now several pickleball communities all around North America, all you need is an app for pickleball court booking software<\/a> and you\u2019re good to go! Also did I mention that it\u2019s fun?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I get to be outside, meet new people and get a good workout in? And stop osteoporosis? Ummm. Sign me up. The summers here are so short and this has been my new obsession. I\u2019ve even lost a couple kilos, not planned but definitely appreciated! I\u2019m also developing some new definition in my biceps. I\u2019m turning into quit the hottie. Grey hair and all lol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So apparently what\u2019s good for our brains is good for our bodies. And what\u2019s good for out bodies is good for our brains. Cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have ya\u2019ll seen that trending video that states women should be pounding the stairs when they walk down? Only me? Well, I guess that the algorithms have correctly targeted me as someone who is concerned about aging. And I sort of hate this newfound interest of mine. But apparently, we should be including as much […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldbird.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldbird.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldbird.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldbird.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldbird.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oldbird.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43,"href":"https:\/\/oldbird.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/43"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldbird.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldbird.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldbird.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldbird.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}