Episode 270: Staying Active As We Age - Dr. Kevin Stone
Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter
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The Most Important Thing About Exercises for Older Athletes
Movement is the most important part of a good squat technique. You can simply use stretch cords, and you can use all kinds of resistance things such as pull up bars or unstable boso balls. And just doing knee bends and single legged knee bends, double legging knee bends are really easy things to do that help get you in a positionig to be able to do a good quality squat. We want people to increase their exercises on their joint replacement, not decrease them. Only resistance exercise builds bone. There's no other way to do it. So, either weight lifting or hill hiking, you know, you've got to have resistance exercise. Additionally, the more you exercise,
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