Fight osteoporosis now with physical activity

Being physically active keeps you feeling fit and energetic - and it's also an important step in fighting osteoporosis. "Weight-bearing" physical activity - which makes your bones and muscle work against gravity - helps you build healthy bones.

Lots of activities are weight-bearing, and some of them you probably already do!

• Walking, jogging, or running
• Climbing the stairs
• Dancing
• Sports such as soccer, basketball, tennis, volleyball, softball - at school, in community leagues, or pick-up sports at a park or community center
• Weightlifting
• Jumping rope
• Martial arts
• Bowling
• Yoga, pilates
• Housework and yardwork, like cleaning, gardening, shoveling snow

Activities like biking and swimming are not weight-bearing and aren't as helpful in building bone. If you enjoy biking or swimming, make sure that you fit in some weight-bearing physical activity too!

You can do weight-bearing physical activities in many different places:

• Community centers, adult education centers
• Parks
• School
• Beach
• Gyms, fitness clubs
• Home
• In the neighborhood of your home, school, or office
• YMCA/YWCA
• Boys & Girls Clubs
• On the Charles River esplanade

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