Originally Posted by
work4bike
This thread is in line with a thread I was going to start, but instead I'll just post the article here. What I like about the article is that it mentions how difficult it is to establish "normal" since most people don't exercise, especially people that are in their later years of life.
It's why I roll my eyes every time someone says something like the average HR for someone at any certain age is....
We're basing this on many people that are in crappy shape...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/w...pgtype=article
I just posted an article from the cbc that references the same study.
There is a difference between normal and average. The average American is overweight. That's not normal.
What's normal may surprise you. Some people might say it's skinny because they are not accustomed to seeing many people that are normal.
I remember and old radio program on cbc radio about the battle of Cannae. In that program, the narrator described that Roman Soldiers were about 135lb. They were recruited from farms so they were accustomed to eating grains and had endurance. The gladiator physique would be too expensive to maintain inthe Roman army.
The Iceman found in the Alps was about 55years old. His weight was estimated to be about 110lbs.
How many people do we know today aged 55, weighing 110lb can climb the Alps on his own?