Older women may be able to reduce their risk of osteoporosis with six minutes of simple jumping exercises every week.
Leaping up from the ground or off a box were found by sports scientists to put enough force and strain on leg and hip muscles to prevent bone thinning that occurs with age.
Dr Gallin Montgomery, from Manchester Metropolitan University, who tested the exercises on 14 women in their fifties, said: ‘These movements are really easy and can be completed in the comfort of your own home. Often just walking is not enough for bone health and we hope that this encourages more women to perform high-impact exercise.’
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