I know a guy in his early fifties. Now when he was younger, he could run the 100 metres in around 10.5 seconds (or thereabouts - I think that was his fastest though).
Now in old age (relatively), he can run the 100 metres in 11.5-11.7 seconds. I know because I’ve timed him.
Now I think this is amazing. It should be a record, right? He prohibits me from mentioning any of this publicly (don’t ask - coz I don’t know why). But I think he should be in some sort of Guinness book for old timers. It’s phenomenal to watch him do it.
He actually looks a little older than he claims, which makes it all the more amazing if he is. Maybe he takes some crazy T-juice or something.
The point is, do you know any old folks who are like this? Guys that do things they shouldn’t be able to do, physically?
I can think of a guy on a TV program I watched on the National Geographic. He was some 89 year old guy who was a former master at some martial art that was created in the 1800’s in Paris (La Savate - I think). After being a prisoner of the Nazi’s during WWII, his fame spread. He became a legend. Although not the focus of the show, he was undoubtedly fascinating - not least because he managed to pull off some hand maneuvres with the speed and deftness that would have put anyone practicing in thier twenties to shame.
Also I think Arnold is another one who is pretty rocking for a 57 year old. I mean he was 42 when he made Predator. $"!!! That body looks as though it belongs on a 20-something year old. I hate it - it’s way overdone - but it’s the MOST I have ever seen him defined, ripped and bulging in any of his movies. And he looked pretty great in End of Days too (though once again his tragic acting skills came to light - good thing he doesn’t have to use any more of those, right?)
Do you know anyone like this - geriatrics who seem to defy belief and stay agile and maintain thier speed so well? Can you name any famous examples?
For about five years, up until about 1994 or so, my father taught sailboarding classes. He and my mother still go down to Cape Hatteras twice a year to go sailboarding, and also go skiing regularly in the Alps and the Rockies.
More recently he’s started an annual July 4th series of kayak races on a lake in the Poconos, and has won the over-50’s category every year by a wide margin and this year came in second in the final “Winners of All Categories” race.
Last year I was working out in the gym, grunting and sweating, heaving (moderately) huge weights around and feeling just about dead. Anyway, there was an old guy running on the treadmill. Running, not walking or jogging. Anyway, the olf guy kept chatting with me. No puffing or panting, just idle conversation. It was damned embarasing. :o
Anyway, I later discovered that this guy was 67 years old and ran a marathon every other month. He’d been running since he was in his forties and just kept going.
50’s = geriatric… WTF?
BTW… How old are you and what exactly is it that you are physically superior at?
Can I name any? Yeah I could give you one hell of a list. People who are active throughout their lives and are fortunate to stay healthy. Will be “superhuman” when compared to those who…well, don’t. Regardless of their age. Seen Jack LaLane lately? What is that old man in his 90’s now. I saw him on some damned info-commercial awhile back working out like a 30 year old.
I’m but 42 and I’ll put myself up against anyone in a working situation involving hard physical labor and long hot days. I’ve put a many twenty-thirty year olds to shame. Over the hill…you like racquetball?
When I used to workout a lot…I rode my mountainbike to the weight room where I’d spend about 45minutes on the weights and two hours in the rqtball court. Another half hour cooling off in the weight room and back home on the bike. It was a 15 mile ride (one way).
There’s an old man where I live that speed walks every morning. He’s in his late sixties and he does ten miles every morning. He’s damned fast. I’d hate to jog with him, IF I still ran. I did the mile in high school but running is just too hard on the joints for me.
Back when I practiced everyday and taught a little ShorinRyu, Master Keisei was in his 50’s. I saw him simultaneously kick the shit outta three young (30ish)
3rd-5th degree blackbelts. He was a pretty small guy too. They weren’t.
Knew a ffin drill instructor once that’d run your ass to death too. Beat your ass to death if he wanted to as well. Didn’t make a shit how young or bad you thought you were either.
We used to have a Mr. Bias occasionally come to Kali class. He was from the southern fillipines and was a very scary dude with a stick or knife or just his hands. To be fair, he didn’t come across like superman though, more like being so skilled that you just knew you were going to be trashed no matter what you pulled. I’d think he’d have been in his late 50’s or early 60’s. I frankly never got up the nerve to ask his age as he didn’t encourage familiarity from younger guys like me that had only been studying for 8 or 9 years.
Regards
Testy
P.S. And yeah, what is with this 50’s being geriatric?
Huh. My dad, who just celebrated his 60th birthday, often plays pick-up soccer and outruns guys 35 years his junior. And he’s picked up a hefty spare tire in the past decade too.
Back in Missouri, there was this old guy who had a fair bit of property on the highway. He’d built two houses on it, all by himself, and had just about finished a third when I left. You couldn’t help the guy.
My paternal grandfather got married for the third time when he was 76, to a woman 20 years his junior. He’s built every house he’s ever lived in as an adult except this last one (that his wife owned when they married), and when he got married this time, added an addition (all on his own), that’s as big as the original house. Last year, at the age of 82, he completely remodeled the kitchen and upstairs, again on his own. He is, as my brother says, one tough old wop.
Yeah I know but I’m just reaching my fifties and I’m paranoid. What can I say? It’s one of those early mid-life crises. Maybe I’ll sleep with 6 new women and get over it. Maybe not.
45 at the mo,
And when the heck did I say I was physically superior at anything?
Oh and astro, your cite doesn’t seem to open on my computer (or at least for some reason my 200 year old PC just never likes opening a Windows link). Is it just mentioning regular athletes or older folks records. Coz my guy running the 100m in such a time has gotta be a record for a man in his fifties (like I said though - it could be sixties and I’m not really sure how truthful he is being to me).
sorry bro…I read this as being from some kid. You said the guy was 50+ and that was old aged relatively speaking. I assumed you were saying, “I’m young and am…etc.” Sorry my mistake.
You don’t drink tequila do you? Maybe you should
Drag a few girls out on the dance floor.
Not physically superior at anything? really…damnit I figured everyone was good at something.
I mean, well if this were the pit…I could tell ya a few things.
BTW if 45-50 is midlife buddy…quit worrying. 6 women? all at once right?
A guy who works at my gym is the U.S. Masters record holder for weightlifting. He lifted 40kg in the snatch, 47.5 in the clean and jerk, 87.5 combined.
He is in the 56kg weight category.
He was born in 1925.
He’ll be 80 next year and will blow out the national age records by 75%. He is also officially the nicest man in the world.
My grandfather was one of the finest bowlers in the South Hills of Pittsburgh for decades. His average only dropped below 200 when he was in his eighties. He took teams to the ABC tournament for more than fifty years.
There are thirty-five years difference in age between his oldest and youngest daughters, with seven kids in between.
Not to burst your bubble, but Arnold’s definitely known to let himself go a bit, between films. Not too long ago I saw a picture of him at some beach, in a Speedo, and that wasn’t any 20-year old looking body.
But I will concede that compared to the vast majority of his cohort, he’s in great shape.
Ahhhh, no worries bud. Tequila’s??? I could down them in my sleep - at least that’s what I tell myself before a nice warm glass of milk and ensuring my jammies are on right before bed
6 women all at once? I have no objections, though my wife may disagree
Oh no I agree with that certainly. But then a hell of a lot of movie stars let themselves go (especially in between movies). And many of them aren’t in great shape to begin with.
But like say for example in End of Days. He was in his fifties when shooting that - and I have to say - though not quite like in Predator, his muscles still have a decent shape and texture to them. No bulging veins like before - but then to be honest I don’t really like those anyway.
And realising he wasn’t as young in his movies as I thought he was (for example, I always figured as a kid that he was around 26 or 27 doing Conan The Barbarian. Turns out he was 35. Even for Twins I seem to recall thinking that he was only in his early thirties when in fact he was 41) gave me quite a shock. I always use to get mixed up between the time he retired from professional bodybuilding to the time he began making movies (especially the later, more successful years).
This guy is 83 years old and still puts on barefooting (hi speed waterskiing on just your feet) shows regularly. Don’t actually know him, but have watched him foot. I’d call him superhuman.
My grandfather runs 3 miles every morning, plays 18 holes of golf whenever he can, (he walks the course, by the way) and he competes in marathons and fun runs several times a year. He’s 74, and he’s in better shape than me!
