ScienceAlert
The passage of time may be linear, but the course of human aging is not. Rather than a gradual transition, your life staggers and lurches through the rapid growth of childhood, the plateau of early adulthood, to an acceleration in aging as the decades progress.
Now, a new study has identified a turning point at which that acceleration typically takes place: at around age 50.
After this time, the trajectory at which your tissues and organs age is steeper than the decades preceding, according to a study of proteins in human bodies across a wide range of adult ages – and your veins are among the fastest to decline. More
Rename the Golden Years.
Whata crock, should be named something like Tinfoil or Aluminum.
Gold is strong and cannot be Destroyed
@Wrong Metal — Pity today’s weedy youngsters.
They’re on their way to their Pot Metal Years.
50 was when I realized that the clock seemed to have sped up.
I don’t seem to have the time to do the things I once did in a day.
I conquered that hill almost a quarter of a century ago!
Age 50? How about by the time your kids have moved out? At that point, you’re anxious to get your life back and start all kinds of activities – but discover your body has already retired! And not only has aging accelerated, but the acceleration of gravity wins!
But it’s all good because you’re also happy. 🤡
I’ve never really understood the quest to preserve the outward appearance of youth long after it is obvious one is not young. I get the whole fear of death thing. I guess that’s motivation enough for a lot of people.
I’m leaving nothing on the field, and these days it shows.
Holy shit… They actually pay people to find this out? Just ask anyone who ever lived over 50 FFS.
I’m too tired to read the whole thing. I’m having 4:30pm dinner.
I was faster on my timed Mountain Bike Rides last Year in August at 55 than I was at 54 and 50-53.
This Year I have been Very Good so far but I have been to busy at work to push it.
Part of it was more increased dedication from 50 onward and second was more EXPERIENCE.
I’ll take Age & Experience over Today’s Smart Phone addicted Couch Shitters. (As I Bet MOST of You Folks)
The human body really isn’t meant to last much beyond 40, if even that. You’re supposed to reproduce as much as possible as soon as possible after reaching sexual maturity, and hope you leave some offspring to carry on your genes before you eaten by a bear or wiped out by a plague or natural catastrophe. Anything beyond that is just gravy.
Kcir, my mountain bike is all oiled up, aired up and ready to go.
It looks nicer in the garage that way.
In my forties I knew that my body didn’t recover like it did when I was in my twenties and thirties.
In my fifties I knew that the things I do will take twice as long to do half as much when I turned sixty. Plan accordingly for your seventies and beyond.
It’s not aging. It’s rotting.
I’m absolutely among the crowd that is cursing the pharmaceutical industry and the corporate medical establishment as a whole. With that being said, in the last year I have received world class, cutting edge, procedure’s that have improved my quality of life dramatically. There really are some awesome people doing remarkable things. However, Bill Gates, WHO, WEF, CDC, FDA, I’m sure I left some out can go to hell.
well I call total B’s on this article. I’ve seen studies that day we don’t really start to age until 70. I bet Brad with his lifting has kept up. it’s the key to not aging
joe6pak
Oh dude, we’ll have on offline conversation about supplements, which doctors seem to hate, hydration, and kidney disease. Bottom line big pharma and the medical industrial complex is falling behind supplement manufacturers and these Compounding Pharmacies. Maybe because the last peeps I mentioned actually keep track of results.
I may be trapped in a 72-year-old body, but I still feel younger than I look even though my body is not what it used to be. Two of my younger brothers look older than me and have more gray hair than I do. My mind is still sharp mainly since I’m still an avid bookworm. I credit it mostly to God and his grace and I am thankful and grateful for every new day no matter what my circumstances are from day to day. Like they say growing old is not for wimps. I am also lucky to have good genes since my dad was almost 89, his next older brother was also 89, my mom was just short of 93 and my dad’s oldest brother was still active and driving up until his last few months when he passed away at 99 and a half. And some of their uncles lived into their mid 90’s as well.
Where does a mountain E-bike or E-trike fit into this?
^^^^^^^^
LOL, no shit. I guess it’s the thought that counts.
Jpm
Very true. I’m fighting it tooth and nail. If there is a fountain of youth it’s not one thing. It’s a combination of things. But at the core is resistance training.
And maybe Creatine. LOL
When I was fifty I would joke that I wasn’t over the hill, but I could damn well see the top of it from there.
I’d rather go out like Hulk Hogan than a fat Libtard.
My Dad is 95.
My Mom is 93.
They didn’t “age” till they hit their late 80’s. I’m pretty sure the Covid booster made Dad lame with sciatica and balance issues. Mom, it’s her memory. BUT she is still active in her garden weather permitting. They eat fast food daily. I don’t see them have a vegetable unless it’s sweet corn in the summertime.
I have crappy kidneys discovered at age 48. I feel like I was robbed of middle age and went straight to old age!
BUT I row 4K at least 4 days a week. Not giving up!
My doctor explained aging this way:
60’s-Go!
70’s- Slow.
80’s- No!
Illustr8r
We need to compare notes. I’m listed as chronic kidney failure. Funny, I don’t feel chronic. Due to chemo. Well it wasn’t the chemo in my opinion, it was the laser beam they fried half my face with and wiped out most my salivary glands with. What’s the number one cause of Kidney problems? Dehydration. Which I know I am. Due to no freaken salivary glands. I got no spit man. So I start taking a product chalked full of enzymes. LMNT. My energy level went off the charts. So I let my Doc, actually nurse practitioner know, and it was oh hell know. You need to stop taking that now. Why? No answer. I dunno. I guess I’m still learning but so far I’m thinking the key to good kidney function is hydration.
P.S. they freaked because it had salt in it. But my research says all salts are not bad.
It also depends on how bright you burn your candle and if you burn it at both ends, I retired from the military where you are living life at a much faster pace than the civilian world. I tried an office job for a few years after mil retirement then went military contractor where I was back to living life at a faster pace for 10 years. At 54 I was used up physically. Everything work wise goes in slow motion. Hurting knees, hips and back are common for me at 64. I do things at a slow pace now.
When I turned fifty it took me all night to do what I used to do all night! Sigh!
Howdy from the back nine.
OK, Brad, spill it on the hydration and whatever it is that boosted your energy. I hate drinking water. I’ve always hated drinking water. I am perpetually dehydrated.
Abigail ^^^ https://drinklmnt.com/
AA,
What’s cooking?
Some cake?
RE: Hydration.
Put away the sippy bottle and drink water as intended, straight from the garden hose.
0 to age 30 the hills are all uphill, it’s a struggle
30 to 60 the hills level out to a gentle incline, easy pedaling
60 to 75 the hills shift to a gradual but steady incline then a steep a decline, the longer you live the steeper the decline, you no longer have to pedal and your brakes are useless.
75+ Hold on the ride is soon to end.
I told you that there was significance in the passage of time.
If that’s the case, then why ain’t I dead already?
Wrong Metal,
Should be The Tarnished Brass Years.