daily dose of iron- 1

while Iron benefits the body in many ways including formation of hemoglobin, brain development and function, body temperature regulation, and muscle activity and metabolism, and not getting enough Iron will lead to Anemia. This is not the type of Iron I am going to talk about. the Iron I am referring to is a heavy barbell.



"that which is used is developed, and that which is not wastes away" this quote by Hippocrates explains well Wolff's Law and one of the benefits of strength training. Wolff's Law states that "bone in a healthy person or animal will adapt to the loads it is placed under.[1] If loading on a particular bone increases, the bone will remodel itself over time to become stronger to resist that sort of loading. The internal architecture of the trabeculae undergoes adaptive changes, followed by secondary changes to the external cortical portion of the bone,[2] perhaps becoming thicker as a result. The converse is true as well: if the loading on a bone decreases, the bone will become weaker due to turnover, it is less metabolically costly to maintain and there is no stimulus for continued remodeling that is required to maintain bone mass.[3]"

Osteoporosis is the thinning of bone tissue and bone density over time. According to health.google.com 1 out of 5 women over the age of the 50 have osteoporosis and half of all women over 5o will fracture a wrist hip or spine. Women need to be getting their daily dose of an iron barbell, to lead a strong long healthy less injury prone life, just as much as the meatheads out there do.

Bones get weaker over time, resistance training under heavy loads will cause bone to adapt and become stronger and denser. Seems pretty cut and dry, develop or else you will literally waste away.