[quote]setto222 wrote:
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
[quote]setto222 wrote:
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
[quote]BrickHead wrote:
[quote]setto222 wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Yes. Progress will be slower the older you get and the longer you train. It may even be so slow that it is happening at the same rate as degredation so it seems no progres is made.
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this.
I remember taking a class (along with a research component) on the physiology of exercise in the aging population. The above quote pretty much summarizes the entire class. [/quote]
Yeah, I know right. Like even though the old fart in my gym is staying the same muscular size year after year, he’s really gaining. It’s just that I can’t see what’s going on in his body. [/quote]
For the record I’m talking about much older people. I believe that we can outpace degeneration up until the upper limits of age. The guy who taught my class was a 65 year old exercise physiologist and he had NO intention of stopping his mountain-climbing, iron-lifting lifestyle. [/quote]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20048675[/quote]
LoL
Steely I’m not advocating anybody stop trying to be better and improve themselves no matter what the odds are, no matter what kind of degeneration they’re up against and no matter how uphill of a climb they have ahead of them.
I’m simply stating that exceptions don’t prove rules and eventually age catches up to you. Should you take this as a reason to stop giving it your all? Fuck no. [/quote]
Oh, I know, man, I’m just posting shit up.
Exceptions to the rule are inspirational. If that dude can compete in his 90’s then anyone can. It’s mental.
In my opionion, this spills over into the “LIMITS” thread-- your mind is powerful. I’m not a new age granola tree spirit worshipper by any means, but no one is ever going to convince me that the mind can’t influence that body (think healing, health, etc).