Break A Sweat

Save for a stack on the ski slopes, you probably don’t think too much about your bones.

- Lizzy Thomas

But according to wellbeing experts, you should: skeletal health is a must for staying mobile and preventing injury as you add candles to your cake. “Because bone density naturally diminishes as you age, if you don’t take care of them you’re at higher risk for fractures and breaks,” says WH Strength and Conditioning Expert Cameron Byrnes. And it’s not just a health issue in your bingo years. Your levels of oestrogen, a major bone booster, begin to drop after you turn 30, which can cause bones to start to break down and lose their strength. So how exactly can you protect yourself and grow a stronger frame? With your new favourite body-sculpting moves.

As well as feeding bones their Bffcalcium and having healthy vitamin D levels (see our box on the opposite page), try out a real sweat inducing, heart-pumping workout for uber protection.

“Exercise makes bones thicker and stronger by putting load and force onto our skeletal system, causing cells to build more bone,” says Byrnes. They may feel rock solid, but bones are actually living tissues made up of myriad layers of collagen, proteins and minerals. And they love any workout that involves impact. Such as?