Metabolic Acidosis  Female hormones affect weight, and weight loss affects female hormones. Research studies show if exercise-induced weight loss reduces fat in a women's body to between 17 to 22 percent of total body weight (BMI), it puts women at risk for osteoporosis bone loss. As Dr. Henry Solomon points out in 'The Exercise Myth', women who train the most and weight the least tend to have few or no menstrual cycles. The danger here is women who stop menstrating suffer from bone (calcium) loss, just as women tend to do after female menopause. Whatever the mechanism for exercise induced menstural abnormality, it's clear female hormones are under stress during exercise metabolic acidosis.

Training can take a lot out of you. Our bones contain the richest deposits of calcium and minerals in the body, so guess where our body goes for extra electrolytes when it attempts to re-balance metabolic acidosis during exercise. According to Dr. Nancy Appleton author of 'Healthy Bones: What You Should Know About Osteoporosis' , when the body becomes acidic from mental or emotional stress (or too much dairy, sugar, caffeine, alcohol, or lactic acid), bones can be depleted of mineral electrolytes, and we're more likely to get osteoporosis. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition also points out that when dietary protein increases production of acid in the blood, the body tries to neutralize it by mobilizing calcium from the skeleton. The same is true when pH of blood and tissues typically become acidic during physical exertion due to lactic acid build up - just as it does from too much sugar or protein, except that during exercise acidification blood vessels in the deep tissues constrict making it even more difficult for organs to access electrolytes. While stress without exercise can deplete mineral from bone, neutralizing pH acidity fast pre and post any workout, helps get More Out of Exercise™.

Peak Metabolic Potential  The 24-exercise Body'Fit pHx™ routine is the first all-muscle dynamic stretching aerobic warm-up to increase circulation to both muscles and organs at Peak Metabolic Potential PMP™ without metabolic acidosis in just 5 to 15 minutes a day. Remember just because our core temperature rises during exercise, doesn't mean that the organs are getting more oxygen and electrolytes. Blood pressure goes up as adrenaline constricts systemic arteries - more heat combined with less oxygen 'inflames' the cellls making body pH even more acidic. Fast deep oxygenation with the 100% aerobic pHx routine is required for an efficient return to a normal alkaline body balance as fast as possible before and after any exercise workout. The key to osteoporosis prevention is keeping a balance between adaptation and recovery, especially from the perspective of female hormones, body pH balance, and body composition or BMI (muscle/fat ratio). Although strength training can improve bone density, overtraining can reverse the benefits.