Exercise Makes Our Muscles Work Better with Age
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Exercise Makes Our Muscles Work Better with Age
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#2I thought this was taken for granted but I'm glad it's been confirmed and we understand the neural process behind it.
It's a good motivation for working out. I often think: "I'm squatting 180lbs now, so that I can sit down onto and stand up from a toilet when I'm 80."
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#3I thought this was taken for granted but I'm glad it's been confirmed and we understand the neural process behind it. It's a good motivation for working out. I often think: "I'm squatting 180lbs now, so that I can sit down onto and stand up from a toilet when I'm 80."
I'm squatting 500 pounds now, so I can squat 350 when I'm 80 :P
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#4"Of course, this type of single-snapshot-in-time study can’t tell us whether the athletes’ training actually changed their muscle health over the years or if the athletes were somehow blessed from birth with better muscles, allowing them to become superb masters athletes."
I really wish they hadn't used world class athletes, who almost always have major genetic advantages.
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#5I thought this was taken for granted but I'm glad it's been confirmed and we understand the neural process behind it. It's a good motivation for working out. I often think: "I'm squatting 180lbs now, so that I can sit down onto and stand up from a toilet when I'm 80."
I'm squatting 500 pounds now, so I can squat 350 when I'm 80 :P
I got up to 250+ (3 reps), this makes me feel like a feeble baby! Have you been lifting for long? I can deadlift 300+, I bet you deadlift 700? Curious, lemme know!
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm squatting 500 pounds now, so I can squat 350 when I'm 80 :P
I got up to 250+ (3 reps), this makes me feel like a feeble baby! Have you been lifting for long? I can deadlift 300+, I bet you deadlift 700? Curious, lemme know!
Been lifting with a focus on powerlifting for about 7 years, my last meet total was 515 squat, 585 deadlift and 336 bench at 185 lbs. Be patient, get on a tried program, put in the work, eat and sleep and it'll come.
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#7I thought this was taken for granted but I'm glad it's been confirmed and we understand the neural process behind it. It's a good motivation for working out. I often think: "I'm squatting 180lbs now, so that I can sit down onto and stand up from a toilet when I'm 80."
You should probably start using the squat toilets. Its a real good lower body workout.
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#8I thought this was taken for granted but I'm glad it's been confirmed and we understand the neural process behind it. It's a good motivation for working out. I often think: "I'm squatting 180lbs now, so that I can sit down onto and stand up from a toilet when I'm 80."
I'm squatting 500 pounds now, so I can squat 350 when I'm 80 :P
Here's a 70 year old deadlifting 683:
https://www.facebook.com/tommy.mason.9237/videos/10207393442...
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I got up to 250+ (3 reps), this makes me feel like a feeble baby! Have you been lifting for long? I can deadlift 300+, I bet you deadlift 700? Curious, lemme know!
Been lifting with a focus on powerlifting for about 7 years, my last meet total was 515 squat, 585 deadlift and 336 bench at 185 lbs. Be patient, get on a tried program, put in the work, eat and sleep and it'll come.
I am curious if you had to deal with any injuries over the years. My body seems to be the type that gets injured easily, no matter what I do I seem to get injured. I am obsessive about form, I seem to get "overuse injuries", shoulder impingement, sensitive it band ect.
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#10"Of course, this type of single-snapshot-in-time study can’t tell us whether the athletes’ training actually changed their muscle health over the years or if the athletes were somehow blessed from birth with better muscles, allowing them to become superb masters athletes." I really wish they hadn't used world class athletes, who almost always have major genetic advantages.
Also, even if the difference is 100% in the diet and exercise regimen (which I consider vanishingly unlikely, given the established and increasing knowledge base of how genetic factors influence major age-related illnesses), a 14% increase in muscle mass between "sedentary" and "world-class athlete" doesn't suggest the greatest ROI for a more moderate regimen.
I think there's value in this study; the study of extremes often yields useful hints for future research. But the way it's reported here is pretty bad. This kind of crap will continue until the prevailing attitude shifts away from the concept of "successful aging". Where would we be if Jonas Salk had focused on "successful polio"?