Originally Posted by
MoAlpha
Ask @
datlas how much it goes down in men. It goes down more in old men who get almost all their exercise on a bike.
Originally Posted by
Velo Vol
Who do I ask how much it goes down in women?
Here is a little blurb I found. Realize these are AVERAGES but cyclists who don't do weight-bearing exercises are at even higher risk for bone loss. Sad!
The Framingham Osteoporosis Study evaluated the BMD at the hip, lumbar spine and the radius in 800 elderly men and women with mean age of 74 years [13]. They showed that the average 4-year bone loss at all sites was 0.2-3.6% for men compared with 3.4-4.8% for women.