Originally Posted by
Biggziff
I'd guess that someone like you is the exception and not the norm. I could be wrong, but I know very few people who can still perform in their 50s as they did in their 30s and 40s. Even the dedicated jar head marine buddies who have done 45 minutes of old school calisthenics every day for the last 30 years.
For the rest of us who weren't blessed with Zeus's genes, I'd also like to see what reference material is available.
I know lots of people who are performing at a high level in their 50's. It's simply a matter of continuing to work at it.
Admittedly recovery, and injury avoidance become bigger issues.
And while your maximum theoretical potential may be decreasing, most of us are far enough below our potential, that there's no reason you can't be stronger at 50 than at 40.
I upgraded to Cat 3, at age 51, and hope to upgrade to Cat 2 next year. I have a teamate in his early 50's who just upgraded to Cat 1.
My functional threshold power was the highest it's been in my life at age 51.
You don't quit playing because you grow old; you grow old because you quit playing.