# Why don’t you lift weights? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** diet-weight-loss\ **Created:** [August 15, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-don-t-you-lift-weights/918144 "2020-08-15T01:48:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 647
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-don-t-you-lift-weights/918144/647 "2024-05-01T18:47:38Z")
I wanted to link some interesting data to this thread. Mainly for the graphs, which don’t show up in the summaries. > [@Study correlating physical ability at 60 compared to 80?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-correlating-physical-ability-at-60-compared-to-80/1000849/11): > > This study looks at performance (by VO2 max) versus age, sex, and level of fitness. Essentially, an eighty year old man in the top 2.3% of fitness has the same VO2 max as an unfit nineteen year old woman (in the bottom 25%). [[image] ](https://www.theproactiveathlete.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Screen-Shot-2021-10-07-at-9.46.23-PM-1024x670.png)[[image] ](https://drchatterjee.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/VO2-Max-Graph-Peter-Attia-Outlive.jpg) > [@Study correlating physical ability at 60 compared to 80?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-correlating-physical-ability-at-60-compared-to-80/1000849/12): > > Sorry, took longer to edit than allowed. Let me explain further. (Graphs taken from Attia.) The second graph (above) shows how VO2 declines with age for people of high (95% for age), average (50% for age) and low (5% for age) levels of fitness, as well as the VO2 needed to do various strenuous activities. Taken from Attia, the data is from a 2020 book by Ligouri from the ACSM. The first table shows VO2 ranges (and METabolic eqivalentS which are multiples of 1=“at rest”) for men and women by a… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-don-t-you-lift-weights/918144)._