Lack of hard work that challenges the upper body muscles and bones contributes to a loss of mineralization in those bones— osteoporosis —which can be a serious health problem. Apart from preventing osteoporosis and building core arm strengths, these poses also stimulate the body internally. Swipe along to know how. Side Plank(Vasisthasana) Being one of Jennifer Aniston’s favorite poses, it builds your arms and helps you develop your inner core strength, also acting as an excellent stress-buster. Low Plank(Chaturanga Dandasana) This pose strengthens and tones the entire body, helps teach important alignment, and prepares you for a multitude of poses and a good posture. Recommended Read:  Strengthen Your Inner Thighs With These 6 Workouts Upward Plank Pose(Purvottanasana) This pose improves respiratory function, stretches abdominal organs, and stimulates thyroid glands, thus freeing your mind and body. Two legged sage Koundinya Pose This pose stimulates the circulatory systems and strengthens your abdominal organs as well. Half Bound Lotus Side Plank(Kasyapasana) This pose increases your sense of balance and releases the pain and stiffness of your muscles. Crane Crow Pose(Bakasana) This pose gives you a full body workout giving you a physical benefit by using your core to lift you up. Firefly Pose This pose focuses on strengthening your wrists and also tightens and tones your abs.

The benefits of working out are not just linked to physical fitness and bodybuilding. It’s also linked to the reduction of symptoms of some serious diseases. About 14 million Americans suffer from knee osteoarthritis. Among all the types of this painful disease, knee osteoarthritis requires you to maintain strong quadriceps in order to escape its painful symptoms. One of the most common mistakes people make is that they just take the medication and don’t work out. In many cases, workouts are more effective them any other medication prescribed for reducing the symptoms. Read on to learn about the exercises that can strengthen your quadriceps and fight the symptoms of osteoporosis. Straight Leg Raises This workout is developed by Dr. Roy Altman. He is the professor of rheumatology in the department of medicine at UCLA in Los Angeles. He teaches his patients how to do straight leg raises, which strengthen the quadriceps, on a routine basis. This move can be done either sitting or lying down, whichever is comfortable for you. You just have to raise one leg at a time. Make sure that you don’t bend the knees. Keeping your leg straight, do it alternatively with both the legs. Just 10 reps of it would be more than enough.