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Do Lifting Weights Replace Bone Mineral Loss?
One year of squats and deadlifts produces normal bone mineral density in an osteopenic female. The transport mechanisms for that force production capacity, which are the skeletal components, densify because that's just what's already in there. We put a moment load in a compressive load on her bones and she responds to that force production task by growing bone mineral density as she has to.