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Re: Age Simulation Suit

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Post by ge96 »

EZ-Cheeze wrote: post #13

If you want to see what you will look like when you're older, stand in a spot and jump up and down repeatedly. Take photos (or pause a video recording) right at the moment after the lowest part of your jump. The upward acceleration will make your skin sag the way gravity will as your collagen weakens over decades. But then again, by the time you're older you might look younger than you do now, e.g. "Ageing changes ou…

Or watch someone pull G forces in a plane (sim here but I had another vid in mind this one is better)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m3wljWlAVss

Re: Age Simulation Suit

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Post by BubbleRings »

IAmGraydon wrote: post #30
HSO wrote: post #28

One thing you have to experience to really get it, that cannot be simulated with a mechanical suit or transmitted through words, is all the f-ing little aches you get past a certain point. I´m now convinced it is this that makes older people cranky. Some days, my body is just constantly in a low but annoying pain somewhere , and it seems in increasingly weird, obscure places you never even thought about. I dont even…

How old are you?

And how much caffeine do you drink?

Re: Age Simulation Suit

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Post by tempestn »

IAmGraydon wrote: post #30
HSO wrote: post #28

One thing you have to experience to really get it, that cannot be simulated with a mechanical suit or transmitted through words, is all the f-ing little aches you get past a certain point. I´m now convinced it is this that makes older people cranky. Some days, my body is just constantly in a low but annoying pain somewhere , and it seems in increasingly weird, obscure places you never even thought about. I dont even…

How old are you?

I'm not the parent, but could've written all the same (44).

Re: Age Simulation Suit

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Post by layman51 »

IAmGraydon wrote: post #30
HSO wrote: post #28

One thing you have to experience to really get it, that cannot be simulated with a mechanical suit or transmitted through words, is all the f-ing little aches you get past a certain point. I´m now convinced it is this that makes older people cranky. Some days, my body is just constantly in a low but annoying pain somewhere , and it seems in increasingly weird, obscure places you never even thought about. I dont even…

How old are you?

I think these kinds of aches start happening to a non-negligible number of people beginning in their early 30s. It isn’t that they can’t still be active, it’s just that they have to be diligent about warming up their joints before certain exercises, whereas before they may not have had to even consider warming up.

Re: Age Simulation Suit

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Post by Karrot_Kream »

HSO wrote: post #28

One thing you have to experience to really get it, that cannot be simulated with a mechanical suit or transmitted through words, is all the f-ing little aches you get past a certain point. I´m now convinced it is this that makes older people cranky. Some days, my body is just constantly in a low but annoying pain somewhere , and it seems in increasingly weird, obscure places you never even thought about. I dont even…

This is one of the big psychological benefits of being physically active. If you're fairly physically active, e.g. doing 60+ min of high heart rate cardio or intense anaerobic exercise a day, you'll always be sore somewhere. Maybe it's your thighs from yesterday's squats. Your lower back from a long run. Your elbow when you tried that dynamic move on a climb you've been projecting. And once you accept and embrace that minor pain you become a lot better at psychologically dealing with the small constant pain that comes with aging.

Also if you ever compete in a physical activity at more than just a "with your friends" level, you'll quickly find that whether you're 15 or 50 warming up makes a huge difference.

A lot of the problems of aging that I suspect folks today are facing are the problems of leading a fairly sedentary lifestyle.

Re: Age Simulation Suit

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Post by sdeframond »

HSO wrote: post #28

One thing you have to experience to really get it, that cannot be simulated with a mechanical suit or transmitted through words, is all the f-ing little aches you get past a certain point. I´m now convinced it is this that makes older people cranky. Some days, my body is just constantly in a low but annoying pain somewhere , and it seems in increasingly weird, obscure places you never even thought about. I dont even…

Not OP but it started happening to me a few years ago. I'm 37 now and it is slowly getting worse.

The only thing that keeps it at bay is regular exercise, both strength and mobility. I'm careful about running.

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