1/9/15 7:01 AM

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2015/01/07/how-exercise-keeps-us-young/?ref=health&smid=fb-nytimes&bicmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000&bicmp=AD&smtyp=aut&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&_r=0&referrer=

Neglects mention of the toll of injuries, but still intriguing.

1/9/15 7:48 AM

I believe that exercise can't stop aging but it can slow the effects. I know that now (I'm 72) my average speed riding over the same routes is significantly slower that it was 10 or 20 years ago but I still consider it respectable and I certainly can still better their benchmark of a metric century in less then 6-1/2 hours, even in hilly terrain.

So, I'm happy to fight the decline but don't expect to stop it.

1/9/15 8:31 AM

He is trying to defy aging, we wil be watching to see how this all turns out:

"Sports accelerate the aging process, especially football, which often leaves gladiators, once powerful and sculpted, with shredded ligaments, broken bones and scrambled brains. Yet quarterbacks seem to age more slowly than other players. Based on touchdown passes, nine of the top 10 signal-callers this year are 30 or older; six are at least 33. For Brady to play this well for so long isn't simply a matter of built-in aggression (although he has that) or extra film study (although he does that) or of avoiding big hits and running only when necessary. The secret to his longevity is more encompassing. "Everything," says Guerrero, "is calculated.""


http://www.si.com/nfl/2014/12/10/tom-brady-new-england-patriots-age-fitness

Then there is this:

Repeat 80+ National CX Champ



And our local multiple 70+ CX Champ from NEBC Julie Lockhart:

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1/9/15 9:01 AM

I think that for most of us here, this is one of those studies to which the reaction is "duh!"

1/9/15 12:43 PM

I wouldn't call that exactly a newsflash.

Approaching 65, I don't have the power in my legs that I used to (as I am painfully reminded when I try to shoot a basketball or play volleyball), but I think I can ride a hilly century comparably to when I was much younger. I weigh less now than the last couple years in High School, but that's more due to diet than exercise.

1/11/15 6:22 PM

1 word
Outlier. (Bell curve)

1/12/15 7:15 AM

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Then there's this .. 80yr old champ
1 word
Outlier. (Bell curve)

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1/12/15 7:25 AM

1/12/15 10:12 AM

Carl Grove and his times in his 80s

1/12/15 11:11 AM

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Outlier. (Bell curve)

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1/13/15 6:35 AM

...I'll ask her what kind of "program" she's on. ;-) I know her well enough that I can get away with it without getting whacked.

Julie isn't fast by any standard, but she never gives up.

1/16/15 2:53 PM

Well, "I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was." I constantly remind myself of this when it's early in a long day with a bunch of young studs. It helps to ensure I have something left towards the end of the day which tends to be what most remember anyway. In my younger years it didn't really matter if I hammered hard early in the day, I always had lots left at the end of the day. Unfortunately that is no longer the case.

While you can't stay young you can at least attempt to stay fit...maybe fit forever???

http://fitforeverottawa.com/ The blond in the pictures is going to be 53 this year and is only a year away from getting a 5th degree black belt in Karate. As well she can still ride a bicycle damn well. Lepore may recognise her, Sandiway too.

1/16/15 3:02 PM

Yeah - all I remember seeing of her was her back as she rode away from me!

1/17/15 8:39 AM

..."the older we get, the better we were".

It's funny how memory works that way.

1/17/15 2:00 PM

The saved computrainer reports don't lie

1/17/15 4:10 PM

That's the problem with 16 years of SRM data...fortunately diminished body weight and improved aerodynamics go a long way towards covering up some of the truth, at least on the first day. Subsequent days become more problematic, hence my comment about "good once".

My problem is that I'm getting to the point that further weight reduction isn't really practical and aero improvements aren't likely to continue coming at the rate they have in the past. Worst of all, many are starting to figure out what I've been doing for years...aero doesn't just count in TTs.