Bone

Bone

2 articles on bone from the coaching floor.

A woman in her fifties doing a goblet squat with a kettlebell on her garden patio

How heavy should women over 50 lift? Heavier than you think

Heavy, for bone, means a weight you could lift only about 8 times. How to check your weights, what the trials did, and how to build up safely at home.

A grey-haired man stands on one bare foot in a bright room, knee raised, a dumbbell in one hand

Strength training in your 60s: power, balance and bone

What to train in your 60s and how: a five-minute check at home, fast lifts for power, one-leg balance, loading for bone, and two sessions written out.