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It's so important.

In a previous episode, we had a guest, Dr. Tracey Clissold on, and she talked about the importance of building strong, healthy bones, that important window up until the age of 30.

But for people who didn't listen to that episode, could you please explain what's happening with the building of bones in our first 30 years and why it's so important for parents to understand this?

Thank you.

So what is it about exercise or how do particular types of exercise impact the bone and influence the health of our bones?

Yes, and that's what we're going to talk about.

Before we get to the LIFMO study, can you please explain what starts to happen after 30 or after 20 in terms of bone loss and also how bone loss is accelerated at the time of menopause?

Thank you for that.

And is men's bone loss, because they don't have the same relationship with estrogen, is it a slower decline, like a more gradual decline for men?

Could you tell us a bit about what led you to create this study and what the main aims of the LIFT more clinical trial were?

It's brilliant, as you're going to tell us in a minute.

Could you tell us a bit more detail about the trial?

So who participated in the trial?

What were the kinds of exercises you got them doing?

The trial went for eight months, is that right?

And perhaps, as I mentioned before...

People were quite surprised at the findings of this trial.

I guess, is that because the common belief was that, well, as you said before, you're too frail to be lifting heavier weights.

You're too frail to be doing weightlifting.

Yeah, I love how you also included the functional fitness factors in there, because obviously at the end of the day, it needs to make sense to real life, our daily activities.