Bone Fit Exercise Physiology

26/08/2025

Osteoporosis myths debunked: Find out why DEXA scans tell only part of the story—and what truly matters for your patients.

10/07/2025

12/06/2025

Turning Back Time: Moving Like a 20-Year-Old When You're Almost 70!

Older adults can maintain youth-like levels of physical function—if they lift weights. A new study compared older adults (~69 yr) who resistance trained to young adults (~24 yrs) who did not. The result? On key measures like:

• Chair-stand performance
• 6-minute walk test
• Timed up-and-go

➡️ Older lifters performed as well as (or better than) young non-lifters.
No gimmicks.
No biohacks.
No pre-exercise protein.
No creatine.
No fancy pixie dust…
Just consistency and resistance training—2x/week following ACSM guidelines. How simple is that?

Flip the script on aging: muscle loss and functional decline aren't inevitable. Resistance training is powerful, accessible, and proven to maintain independence and quality of life as we age.

Older adults can maintain youth-like levels of physical function—if they engage in weightlifting.

📚 Reference: Kendall H, Kipp LE, Mettler JA. Transl J ACSM. 2025;10(3):e000312.
https://journals.lww.com/acsm-tj/fulltext/2025/07180/resistance_training_preserves_physical_function_in.6.aspx
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29/03/2025

We observed a rather uniform skeletal response to the menopausal transition at all measured bone sites. Positive associations were found between medium and high-intensity impacts and bone characteristics at the femoral and tibial shafts. However, habitual skeletal loading did not seem to counteract....

20/03/2025

There's a tendency for women to lift light weights for high repetitions, like picking up five-pound dumbbells and lifting them 20 times. This is often called "body sculpting" by trainers, who promise women that they can "tone up" without "getting bulky muscles." This mindset needs to go because it's misleading, misguided, and honestly not helpful for women whose s*x hormones, lean muscle mass, and strength are on a precipitous decline in perimenopause. This type of lifting will build muscle endurance, but that's not what you're looking for at this stage of the game. You need muscle STRENGTH.

Read more for science-backed research links and information >>> https://www.drstacysims.com/newsletters/articles/posts/Resistance_Training_Getting_the_Respect_It_Deserves

14/02/2025

Background About 20–30% of older adults (≥ 65 years old) experience one or more falls each year, and falls are associated with substantial burden to the health care system, individuals, and families from resulting injuries, fractures, and reduced functioning and quality of life. Many intervent...

24/04/2024

We've been chatting a little bit in some classes about how the hips respond to Onero - Belinda goes into some details here, around the 17 minute mark which may be of interest. Some interesting information in here, especially first half of the interview. Have a listen!

Just because you have Osteoporosis doesn’t mean you can no longer lead an active lifestyle or you have to stay indoors to minimize the risk of falls and frac...

25/03/2024

Onero in the news again! Very proud to be running these classes.

A revolutionary weights program is doing the heavy lifting in the fight against osteoporosis. The unique exercise class prevents fractures years before they ...

24/10/2023

Here's Marilyn, one of our fantastic clients raising awareness of osteoporosis on the news last week. Keep an ear out for a little plug for Bone Fit right at the end 🙌💪
Thanks Marilyn!

30/09/2023

Most of us think that aerobic exercise (swimming, cycling...anything that gets your heart rate up for a while) is the best way to reduce blood pressure. Turns out...not! Resistance training (like Onero) is more effective than aerobic exercise, a combination of the 2 is better still, and, biggest surprise of all, isometric exercise is best! Weird. The take home for all our Onero devotees is that you're getting bonus benefit for your blood pressure. 🙌🤛💪 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37491419/

22/08/2023

Very proud to share that we are a finalist in the Local Business Awards!! A big thank you to everyone for your support. 😀

17/08/2023

Have your say regarding what matters to you in osteoporosis research! Complete this short survey for new research from the crew that brough you LIFTMOR and the Onero program.

Have Your Say About Osteoporosis

Would you like to have a say in how research on osteoporosis is done?

If you have a diagnosis of osteoporosis or osteopenia or have had a spine, hip or wrist (or other kind of) fracture from minimal trauma (like a fall), we would like your opinion.

We want to know what outcomes matter to you so we can measure those things in our STOP FRACTURE! study.

We have created the Measures that Matter survey, a simple survey that is completely anonymous and will take around 10 minutes to complete.

You can click on the link below to access the survey directly:
https://researchsurvey.griffith.edu.au/index.php/244585?lang=en

If you would like more information about the STOP FRACTURE! study please visit our website (where you will also find the same link to the survey): www.griffith.edu.au/menzies-health-institute-queensland/our-research/healthcare-practice-survivorship/healthy-lifestyles/stop-fracture

If you would prefer not to complete the survey electronically, please call 07 5552 9659 and one of our STOP FRACTURE! research staff will walk you through it.

Thank you for helping us help you!