Dr. Vonda Wright

There's a law called Wolf's Law that just summarizes that the mechanical stimulation, biomechanical stimulation, is translated by our little bone cells, osteocytes, into biochemical messages. Biomechanical stimuli, like jumping up and down, is translated into biochemical stimulus that tells the bone building cells, which are the osteoblasts, to build more bone.

So literally, get out the jump rope, jump up and down, run up and down the stairs. And it has to be a little impactful. Literally, you gotta bash your bones a little bit. That's how you build better bones.

So literally, get out the jump rope, jump up and down, run up and down the stairs. And it has to be a little impactful. Literally, you gotta bash your bones a little bit. That's how you build better bones.

I prefer functional with free weights and barbells because it requires then you work all of your muscles and it requires neuromuscular pathways to keep you upright, right? It requires balance versus a machine, you're sitting there on a leg press and frankly, We need to work our muscles in the way that our body works our muscles.

I prefer functional with free weights and barbells because it requires then you work all of your muscles and it requires neuromuscular pathways to keep you upright, right? It requires balance versus a machine, you're sitting there on a leg press and frankly, We need to work our muscles in the way that our body works our muscles.

And there is no time in the history of people that your quadriceps are working sitting on a leg press. They're always squatting, right?

And there is no time in the history of people that your quadriceps are working sitting on a leg press. They're always squatting, right?

It is.

It is.

You know, even bench press, think about it. I've been traveling a lot lately. I need to lift a 50-pound suitcase above my head into the bin without falling over or hitting somebody with it.

You know, even bench press, think about it. I've been traveling a lot lately. I need to lift a 50-pound suitcase above my head into the bin without falling over or hitting somebody with it.

And so you practice that with bench pressing and overhead lifts.

And so you practice that with bench pressing and overhead lifts.

And frightening.

And frightening.

You know, loss of cognitive function is multifactorial. Dementia is different than pure Alzheimer's with the plaques that accumulate. But we know for sure, and there's just so much research, that we can... maintain our brain with the physical activity we do. I mean, for instance, I talked about the role of bone releasing osteocalcin, which goes to the brain.

You know, loss of cognitive function is multifactorial. Dementia is different than pure Alzheimer's with the plaques that accumulate. But we know for sure, and there's just so much research, that we can... maintain our brain with the physical activity we do. I mean, for instance, I talked about the role of bone releasing osteocalcin, which goes to the brain.

There is another protein that is stimulated to be, it's called transcribed when DNA makes a protein. When skeletal muscle contracts, it also causes the transcription of a protein called clotho, which is the longevity protein. Part of clotho's role is to go to the brain and stimulate neuron development.

There is another protein that is stimulated to be, it's called transcribed when DNA makes a protein. When skeletal muscle contracts, it also causes the transcription of a protein called clotho, which is the longevity protein. Part of clotho's role is to go to the brain and stimulate neuron development.

So there are studies out of the University of Pittsburgh that showed a six-week walking program will grow the hippocampus, which is the memory part of the brain, in double digits. Wow. You know, I don't know the mechanism that's worked out, but I think at a very basic level, I mean, we'll go back to the hunting analogy, that kind of strategic stress on the body tells our body