Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Ageing accelerates around age 50 ― some organs faster than others

nature.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

21–30 of 171 posts

Re: Ageing accelerates around age 50 ― some organs faster than others

#21

Post by embwbam »

SoftTalker wrote: post #16
wonderwonder wrote: post #12

I felt incredibly old from ~36 - 42. Then I started seriously working out, took control of my diet (it had very much always controlled me) and started aggressively pursuing a "better living through chemistry" approach to life. I feel 25 years younger now. My BP and cholesterol are under control and I roll out of bed actually feeling rested (probably due to not snoring anymore).

I started weight training at about age 54. I had never done any form of regular exercise in my life. Attempts here and there, but nothing ever stuck for very long. I am stronger now than I ever have been.

I’ve been athletic most of my life. At 42 I feel much older than at 32. Chronic injuries add up! Be careful out there everybody

Re: Ageing accelerates around age 50 ― some organs faster than others

#24

Post by zemvpferreira »

embwbam wrote: post #21
SoftTalker wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I started weight training at about age 54. I had never done any form of regular exercise in my life. Attempts here and there, but nothing ever stuck for very long. I am stronger now than I ever have been.

I’ve been athletic most of my life. At 42 I feel much older than at 32. Chronic injuries add up! Be careful out there everybody

Have you happened upon Keith Barr’s work on tendon repair? Up to a few years ago tendon injuries were thought to be mostly unfixable (you could strengthen what was left of an injured tendon at best) but Barr’s work is proving otherwise. And using a very low risk isometric exercise protocol.

It won’t make you feel 32 again but it might help you get rid of a lot of lingering aches and pains.

Re: Ageing accelerates around age 50 ― some organs faster than others

#25

Post by YZF »

SoftTalker wrote: post #16
wonderwonder wrote: post #12

I felt incredibly old from ~36 - 42. Then I started seriously working out, took control of my diet (it had very much always controlled me) and started aggressively pursuing a "better living through chemistry" approach to life. I feel 25 years younger now. My BP and cholesterol are under control and I roll out of bed actually feeling rested (probably due to not snoring anymore).

I started weight training at about age 54. I had never done any form of regular exercise in my life. Attempts here and there, but nothing ever stuck for very long. I am stronger now than I ever have been.

Same here. Started lifting weights around the same age. I am stronger than I have ever been.

I also run and so far I am able to keep improving my 10K results over the last decade. Probably these aren't my best ever but there is no barrier that I can feel other than putting in the training volume.

Re: Ageing accelerates around age 50 ― some organs faster than others

#26

Post by wonderwonder »

zemvpferreira wrote: post #24
embwbam wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’ve been athletic most of my life. At 42 I feel much older than at 32. Chronic injuries add up! Be careful out there everybody

Have you happened upon Keith Barr’s work on tendon repair? Up to a few years ago tendon injuries were thought to be mostly unfixable (you could strengthen what was left of an injured tendon at best) but Barr’s work is proving otherwise. And using a very low risk isometric exercise protocol. It won’t make you feel 32 again but it might help you get rid of a lot of lingering aches and pains.

I combined vitamin C with a daily dose of collagen and it did wonders for my tendons when combined with stretching exercises. My Achilles went from constant pain and at least a couple hours every morning of hobble walking to no pain and just feeling like normal. The doctor recommended surgery and even then made no promises. I still can't run for any real distance but the quality of life difference of just being able to walk without pain and do heavy calf lifts in the gym is immense.

Note: I also aggressively supplemented with BPC-157, GHK-cu and TB-500 to get to where I am.

Re: Ageing accelerates around age 50 ― some organs faster than others

#27

Post by wonderwonder »

YZF wrote: post #25
SoftTalker wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I started weight training at about age 54. I had never done any form of regular exercise in my life. Attempts here and there, but nothing ever stuck for very long. I am stronger now than I ever have been.

Same here. Started lifting weights around the same age. I am stronger than I have ever been. I also run and so far I am able to keep improving my 10K results over the last decade. Probably these aren't my best ever but there is no barrier that I can feel other than putting in the training volume.

Its incredible isn't it? There is almost no point at which one just has to give up and say "Well I guess this is my life now". The body always responds positively to exercise and weight lifting.

Re: Ageing accelerates around age 50 ― some organs faster than others

#28

Post by JPLeRouzic »

piombisallow wrote: post #14
NoOn3 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe. But why in this case do we not see bugs and failures in this program, i.e. no one lived 5 times more than the average or did not live forever at all, for example? I'm not making a statement, just a guess.

Height is controlled by genes too and you don't get people shorter than 0.5 m or taller than 3 m

True, but one guy was 272 cm (8 ft 11 in) tall:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_people

And another was 76cm high:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_dwarfism

Re: Ageing accelerates around age 50 ― some organs faster than others

#29

Post by zemvpferreira »

wonderwonder wrote: post #26
zemvpferreira wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you happened upon Keith Barr’s work on tendon repair? Up to a few years ago tendon injuries were thought to be mostly unfixable (you could strengthen what was left of an injured tendon at best) but Barr’s work is proving otherwise. And using a very low risk isometric exercise protocol. It won’t make you feel 32 again but it might help you get rid of a lot of lingering aches and pains.

I combined vitamin C with a daily dose of collagen and it did wonders for my tendons when combined with stretching exercises. My Achilles went from constant pain and at least a couple hours every morning of hobble walking to no pain and just feeling like normal. The doctor recommended surgery and even then made no promises. I still can't run for any real distance but the quality of life difference of just being able…

How good! Have you tried isometrics at ~30-50% of maximum exhertion instead of stretching? Seems to be about the right dose to promote tendon repair. 3 months to a year will do ya.

(Full protocol if you haven’t seen it is a ~30 second isometric repeated 4 to 5 times, twice per day)

Edit: I’ve not seen any other treatment published w/ peer review etc etc that demonstrates actual tendon repair. If anyone has seen others I’d love to read through the literature.

Re: Ageing accelerates around age 50 ― some organs faster than others

#30

Post by jebarker »

piombisallow wrote: post #8

It's very likely that aging is driven by some kind of scheduled gene program. It makes perfect sense to phase out individuals from a group-level selection point of view.

Life expectancy much longer than 40 is a modern thing for humans though. So where would the over 40s schedule have come from? Or do you mean the schedule basically says: once you hit 50 start falling apart?
Post reply on HN