at what age did you notice a drop in athletic performance?

NormInv
NormInv Posts: 3,303 Member
in Chit-Chat
This is a basic question for those who actually did feel that. The following answers are redundant:

- I never did.
- I am 65 and stronger than ever.
- aging is for dummies.
- do you even lift brah.
- I lost a ton of weight so now I feel more energy.

How old were you when you realized that your body was not performing at the athletic level it used to, given that you were always athletic.

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  • dmpizza
    dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
    At about 45, I found I was having issues.
    In many people their body just decides to click off the flow of certain hormones, even if they are active.

    It's great if you never had that, but for many it is real.
  • wardamnirish
    wardamnirish Posts: 395
    Around my mid-30s I found I could not run long distances quite like I used to. Partly because of nagging injuries, mostly because it just wasn't there anymore.
  • AmandaLY17
    AmandaLY17 Posts: 184 Member
    I was going to say birth, but your post took away my fun :(
  • NormInv
    NormInv Posts: 3,303 Member
    I was going to say birth, but your post took away my fun :(

    so you were active in the womb kicking around eh
  • BikerMan54
    BikerMan54 Posts: 210
    I am 59 and haven't noticed yet.
  • Alisontheice
    Alisontheice Posts: 9,611 Member
    I was an athlete in my teens. I came back to my sport as an adult at about 30 and it was way harder.

    That being said someone said last I was stronger and better than.I.had ever been. However it is more of a struggle due to injuries, etc. So I guess 30. However I'm still going to push and continue being better than I ever was


    Ps...I've had a few drink so forgive anything that doesn't make sense. :)
  • kcmcd
    kcmcd Posts: 239 Member
    I've never been active enough before to notice if I'm losing it now. I'll let you know, I guess. lol
  • msbunnie68
    msbunnie68 Posts: 1,894 Member
    Not sure...can still bend over and grab my ankles...

    can still get knees around my ears...

    can still go all night...

    all good.
  • MickeyCastello
    MickeyCastello Posts: 269
    I noticed I slowed down a little in my mid-30s. My lifestyle changed about that time, so that might have had something to do with it. In my late 40s, things were definitely different.
  • cicisiam
    cicisiam Posts: 491 Member
    @ any age you decide to stop moving.
  • rpyle111
    rpyle111 Posts: 1,060 Member
    Basketball started getting harder in my late 30s. I was always an athletic fat guy, but then in my early forties, my hips started getting arthritic, in part no doubt because of the 40 years of abuse I put them through due to my weight.

    Hopefully, losing a bunch of weight will reduce the stress and halt, if not reverse, the decline and I can get back to at least old man basketball.

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