Re:At 93, he's as fit as a 40-year-old. His body offers less...
by devoutsalsa on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @04:18PM
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My dad's mother was like this. She started exercising around is her late 60s and started competing in Senior Olympics type stuff all over the world. Towards the end of her life she'd win a lot of gold medals, although I think she was often the only competitor in her age bracket :)
Re:At 93, he's as fit as a 40-year-old. His body offers less...
by billybuckwheat on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @06:25PM
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I was thinking a mix of genetics and diet. More the former than the latter, seeing how Ireland isn't a Blue Zone country. I wonder what his diet and routine was before he took up rowing.
Re:At 93, he's as fit as a 40-year-old. His body offers less...
by paulpauper on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @04:27PM
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Given that the typical 40-year-old has an overweight or obese BMI and cannot run a mile or do a pull-up or push-up, this is a low bar. Also, the body is unpredictable, especially at old age, in which someone can go from outwardly healthy and active to suddenly dead or sick.
Re:At 93, he's as fit as a 40-year-old. His body offers less...
by tom_ on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @04:45PM
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I'd expect the average 40 year old who is 75 kg, 15% body fat, and whose heart quickly gets to 155 bpm when on a rowing machine, is probably no stranger to at least one of push ups, pull ups, or running miles. And they could probably pick up the others without too much bother.
Re:At 93, he's as fit as a 40-year-old. His body offers less...
by taeric on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @05:02PM
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I think it is fair to assume a meaningful comparison. Otherwise, you can probably lower the age a bit, as that is some impressively hard work from the guy.
Re:At 93, he's as fit as a 40-year-old. His body offers less...
by readthenotes1 on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @05:20PM
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My 93-year old ancestor is in great shape too. He exercises most days, but says "if I even have a hint I'm going to perspire, I back way off".
Some of that age group grew up in a magically nutritious time: the first decade was during the depression and so there was probably no overabundance, but all they ate until their mid 20s was real food.
Re:At 93, he's as fit as a 40-year-old. His body offers less...
by giantg2 on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @07:44AM
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It depends on how you're measuring nutrition. They also used lard, butter, etc. They ate cured and canned foods. You should look up some of the old depression and war time ration recipes. Many are loaded with fat and sugar because you needed the calories. But you are right that it wasn't an overabundance, but in some cases it ended up essentially as malnutrition.
They also were much more physical since this is the time before machines that did everything for us and people walked most places. Many of the weak died young with the state od medicine at the time. So there are many potential changes.
Re:At 93, he's as fit as a 40-year-old. His body offers less...
by readthenotes1 on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @09:06AM
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From my talks, there was very little canned food and not much sugar -- at least some because it wasn't added to everything like it is now, and none of it was high fructose corn syrup.
They lived in a small town in the countryside, so the food was typically fresh.
Re:At 93, he's as fit as a 40-year-old. His body offers less...
by readthenotes1 on Thursday January 18, 2024 @07:35AM
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I will ask next time I get a chance but it will be after this comment thread closes. If I recall correctly canning is a relatively recent invention anyway (Napoleonic wars) so there is a way other than that. Plus modern canned foods have so much salt in it but it's not really the equivalent...
Re:At 93, he's as fit as a 40-year-old. His body offers less...
by giantg2 on Thursday January 18, 2024 @11:01AM
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That's really curious. The other main way to preserve things other than canning is by salting or curing, which would have way more salt than the canned foods.
Re:At 93, he's as fit as a 40-year-old. His body offers less...
by nradov on Saturday January 20, 2024 @03:13PM
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Lard, butter, cured, and canned foods are fine from a nutritional standpoint. There is some weak evidence that certain cured meats might increase the risk of some cancers but that hasn't been rigorously proven.
Re:At 93, he's as fit as a 40-year-old. His body offers less...
by maxglute on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @09:12PM
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Extreme athletic outliers are typically extreme genetic outliers. I don't foresee generalized applicable lessons for average joe unless lesson is to time travel and pick better parents.
Re:At 93, he's as fit as a 40-year-old. His body offers less...
by pmelendez on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @07:47AM
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Fair, I think what makes this case interesting is that he wasn't an athletic outlier for most of his life, so the question on how many dormant athletes are out there remains. Maybe the distribution is not as skew as one might initially think
Re:At 93, he's as fit as a 40-year-old. His body offers less...
by scotty79 on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @08:02AM
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In theory I have lean athletic build in my forties without trying. But I'm not athletic because I hate suffering. If I live to be 80 and every day is suffering redardless I might move more.
Of course... She still outcompeted her peers, they were just so far behind her that they couldn't even show up :)
that is my secret strategy too
https://www.forbes.com/sites/cathyhackl/2020/08/12/what-cost...
I think you're underestimating how taxing horse riding is
That said, I think you’d be hard pressed to get any of them to do consistent rowing workouts.
Some of that age group grew up in a magically nutritious time: the first decade was during the depression and so there was probably no overabundance, but all they ate until their mid 20s was real food.
They also were much more physical since this is the time before machines that did everything for us and people walked most places. Many of the weak died young with the state od medicine at the time. So there are many potential changes.
They lived in a small town in the countryside, so the food was typically fresh.
In a study, post-menopausal women weight-trained, giving 40% increase in bone density.
The inactivity of "retirement" kills. Use ^ lose.