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Movement and weight/resistance training not only shapes your muscles but it strengthens your muscles, bones and overall health as well. Increasing and maintaining adequate muscle mass is one of the most effective ways to keep body fat at bay and to improve overall health and fitness, especially as you age. Your body is continually removing old bone and replacing it throughout all stages of your life. Peak bone mass (or bone density), which is our maximum bone size and strength is reached by around age 30. After 30 bone resorption slowly begins to exceed new bone formation which leads to bone loss. Up until age 40, all bone removed from your body is replaced however, after 40 less bone is replaced. Bone loss in women occurs fastest in the first few years following menopause and it continues as we age. Most women enter menopause between the ages of 42 - 55 and as their estrogen levels drop dramatically women undergo rapid bone loss. If you have low bone mass it then increases your susceptibility to fractures primarily to the hip, spine and wrist. Lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise can help to influence bone mass, just as poor health choices such as smoking, poor nutrition, inactivity and excessive alcohol can also decrease bone density. For the majority of women bone loss can be slowed through good nutrition and exercise which can help protect against osteoporosis and other health ailments like fractures later on in life. Key reasons women should do weights:

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Coconut oil was first produced in tropical countries like the Philippines and Solomon Islands in the 1920's, since then it has been used in many ways, but one of the most common uses for coconut oil is cooking. Coconut oil is extracted from the flesh of the coconut, this is usually done by press and separating the oil from the coconut flesh.

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Let Vision Personal Training why carbohydrates are our friend, and why it's crucial you incorporate them into your everyday diet. Read more here.

Do you base your training around your menstrual cycle. In this Vision Personal Training article, our experts explain all the reasons why you should.

Under Eating and Gaining Weight? You have cut carbs, you have cut fats, you have gone organic, you are even eating under your prescribed macros - but you just can't seem to drop the weight you want to lose.

Summer bodies are made in the winter. Let the experts at Vision Personal Training show you how to stay fit during winter. Click here to read more.