The Bone Health Revolution with Kyle Zagrodzky: OsteoStrong, Osteogenic Loading and the Future of Strength

About this episode

Jodi Duval interviews Kyle Zagrodzky about the importance of bone health and its connection to overall health and longevity.

In this episode of the Revital Health Podcast, Jodi Duval sits down with Kyle Zagrodzky, Founder and CEO of OsteoStrong, to explore why bone health deserves a much bigger place in conversations about longevity, strength and health optimisation. Bone is often reduced to calcium, vitamin D and osteoporosis risk, but as Kyle explains, bone is dynamic, responsive and deeply connected to the nervous system, hormones, muscle, balance, metabolism and ageing. Jodi and Kyle discuss osteogenic loading, the science of mechanotransduction, how targeted skeletal loading differs from traditional resistance training, and why many people are not receiving enough stimulus to maintain or improve bone density across the lifespan. They also explore: Why bone density is declining across generations Why strength and balance matter for longevity The relationship between menopause, oestrogen and accelerated bone loss Why protein is essential for muscle, collagen and bone matrix The difference between bone density and bone tensile strength Why bone health cannot be separated from hormones, inflammation and metabolic health How OsteoStrong uses short, targeted, supervised loading sessions Why people may…

People in this episode

Host: Jodi Duval

Guest: Kyle Zagrodzky

Topics covered

• bone health
• osteogenic loading
• strength training
• longevity
• metabolic health
• hormones

Keywords

• bone density
• mechanotransduction
• calcium
• vitamin D
• osteoporosis
• muscle
• collagen
• red light therapy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OsteoStrong

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