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<blockquote data-quote="canon" data-source="post: 174630" data-attributes="member: 8423"><p>You should see the number of runners in the 80+ group at races. I think the preexisting limits of where <em>middleage</em> and <em>old</em> end or begin are so blurred anymore, you set your own definitions based on your participation in life itself. They can call 60 the end of middle age, but I've seen people in their 60's in better shape than I was when I was 30. And if you live to be 100 which isn't so uncommon anymore, you have another 40 years to go. </p><p></p><p>I had a great honor to train with some guy who was traveling and didn't want to miss a week. Herb showed up at my class and we paired up. This particular day, the exercise called for grabbing your opponent by the neck and pulling him toward you, at the same time driving your knee into his chest where he is holding a large pad. The pad does very little to stop the impact imo. Rapid fire BamBamBamBam then push away. Redo. Switch up. Etc. Toward the end of the class Herb told me he had just recently celebrated his 72nd birthday. He had been training for a year in chicago where his son is an instructor. This guy outlasted some teenager in the class who quit from being so tired, and dished out as much as he took from me. In fact, he hit harder than most of the new people a fraction of his age.</p><p> 60? It can be just the beginning if you make it so, and the starting line is whenever you make the decision. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/thumbup1.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbup1:" title="Thumbup1 :thumbup1:" data-shortname=":thumbup1:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="canon, post: 174630, member: 8423"] You should see the number of runners in the 80+ group at races. I think the preexisting limits of where [I]middleage[/I] and [I]old[/I] end or begin are so blurred anymore, you set your own definitions based on your participation in life itself. They can call 60 the end of middle age, but I've seen people in their 60's in better shape than I was when I was 30. And if you live to be 100 which isn't so uncommon anymore, you have another 40 years to go. I had a great honor to train with some guy who was traveling and didn't want to miss a week. Herb showed up at my class and we paired up. This particular day, the exercise called for grabbing your opponent by the neck and pulling him toward you, at the same time driving your knee into his chest where he is holding a large pad. The pad does very little to stop the impact imo. Rapid fire BamBamBamBam then push away. Redo. Switch up. Etc. Toward the end of the class Herb told me he had just recently celebrated his 72nd birthday. He had been training for a year in chicago where his son is an instructor. This guy outlasted some teenager in the class who quit from being so tired, and dished out as much as he took from me. In fact, he hit harder than most of the new people a fraction of his age. 60? It can be just the beginning if you make it so, and the starting line is whenever you make the decision. :thumbup1: [/QUOTE]
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