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Title: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: cephissus on September 29, 2016, 11:04:27 PM
even bodybuilders who otherwise look pretty good into their 60s, 70s, get hit with the massive waist.  anyone know why?
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: sync pulse on September 29, 2016, 11:20:02 PM
Two things:

Look at photo's of Marines taken during the first third of their time in...then compare with same person four years after getting out.
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: cephissus on September 29, 2016, 11:34:03 PM
interesting... declining hgh?  don't some attribute the growing gut of modern bbers to internal organ growth and visceral fat from increased HGH and insulin?
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: sync pulse on September 29, 2016, 11:39:09 PM
At the doses they use, yes...but with the doses most non-bodybuilders use the effect is less body fat.
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: OB1 on September 29, 2016, 11:40:29 PM
Two things:
  • 1) Declining HGH levels...
  • 2) They continue to eat as if they are still working out real heavy

Look at photo's of Marines taken during the first third of their time in...then compare with same person four years after getting out.

3) metabolism slows down
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: ratherbebig on September 30, 2016, 12:02:00 AM
i cant recall seeing that many bodybuilders in their 60s and 70s to have an opinion
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: NordicNerd on September 30, 2016, 12:19:13 AM
even bodybuilders who otherwise look pretty good into their 60s, 70s, get hit with the massive waist.  anyone know why?


Robby Robinson still has tight waist. Not inevitable.

NN
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: Rusty Trombone on September 30, 2016, 01:55:43 AM
Because of increasing insulin resistance as you age and have been eating excess foods for many years.

Because of the increased resistance of muscle cells to insulin,the pancreas produces more and more insulin after meals.

Excess insulin causes fat deposits around the waist,among other things.

Also,this resistance seems to be the cause of palumboism in the normal aging man-the insulin resistance allows less and less nutrients into the muscle.
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: falco on September 30, 2016, 02:44:01 AM
I notice that older iron brothers became all ribcage and fairly wide hips, and laughable legs and arms.
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: CalvinH on September 30, 2016, 05:11:43 AM
Age is a guy.
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: Nether Animal on September 30, 2016, 05:15:25 AM
I notice that older iron brothers became all ribcage and fairly wide hips, and laughable legs and arms.

Hey that's me now  :-X
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: _bruce_ on September 30, 2016, 05:20:38 AM
Spine compression, over eating, age, etc.
MuscleCenter and Wes do still look very good though.
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: falco on September 30, 2016, 05:26:18 AM
Hey that's me now  :-X

    Not old, but i have been hitting legs and arms mostly, to beef them up, so i get some head start when i grow older, avoiding looking like a crabb early in my life.
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: Macrofitter on September 30, 2016, 05:40:15 AM
Interesting point. Where does the thickening of this midsection come from, while still very lean?

(http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/images/2011/serge-nubret-asm.jpg)
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: musclecenter on September 30, 2016, 06:26:45 AM
Spine compression, over eating, age, etc.
MuscleCenter and Wes do still look very good though.
thanks :)
i am 63,vid from 2 months ago
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: mazrim on September 30, 2016, 06:29:55 AM
Interesting point. Where does the thickening of this midsection come from, while still very lean?

(http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/images/2011/serge-nubret-asm.jpg)
Everything looks almost identical on him except waist and face, lol.
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: _bruce_ on September 30, 2016, 06:48:19 AM
thanks :)
i am 63,vid from 2 months ago


Even on stage, you do look really good.
How's your back doing and what problems do/did you have?
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: musclecenter on September 30, 2016, 06:56:35 AM
Even on stage, you do look really good.
How's your back doing and what problems do/did you have?

no standing exercises,switch to do seated .
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: 240 is Back on September 30, 2016, 06:57:35 AM
lack of willpower.   built up fecal matter.   Push it out.

I eat oatmeal at least once a day.  Usually twice.   I avoid the evil white bread and flour usually.

Waist is down to 32 and I'm not even dieting yet.  
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: OB1 on September 30, 2016, 07:02:31 AM
I eat oatmeal at least once a day.  Usually twice.  

Exemplary.
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: 240 is Back on September 30, 2016, 07:05:28 AM
Exemplary.

i've learned to take advantage of working from home.  small small meals all day.   It's my 20th straight week of lifting 5x a day.   Turning 40, it got my ass in gear.  Study 2 hours a day.  Lift, cardio, eat clean all the time. I still usually eat 1 small sweet or salty thing each day, if I skip the fries and never drink sugary drinks, I hardly notice it.  turning 40 was a mother.   I didn't tell anyone.  I just got uber focused on excelling at everything.
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: funk51 on September 30, 2016, 07:08:37 AM
gravity ::)
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: Erik C on September 30, 2016, 08:48:14 AM
Eating carbs makes you fat, especially sugars and starches, at any age.
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: Mr Anabolic on September 30, 2016, 08:52:13 AM
Started happening to me after 35 or so.  After that, you need to be extremely careful about not consuming excess calories/sugar. 

It's all directly related to insulin resistance and declining T and GH levels.
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: 8 INCH not biceps on September 30, 2016, 08:54:44 AM
The reason why the midsection expands with age is as you get older you need more air and you breath a bit faster so the midsection expands to accommodate this event.
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: Rudee on September 30, 2016, 07:28:40 PM
The stomach is a muscle, and it loses it's elasticity just like any other muscle as you age. 
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: Walter Sobchak on September 30, 2016, 09:05:41 PM
even bodybuilders who otherwise look pretty good into their 60s, 70s, get hit with the massive waist.  anyone know why?

Yours expands because it is full of Groink jizz

Unremarkable phaggot.
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: titusisback on September 30, 2016, 09:59:39 PM
Looking amazing musclecenter!

(http://i68.tinypic.com/mv5a2s.jpg)
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: Danimal77 on September 30, 2016, 10:20:30 PM
even bodybuilders who otherwise look pretty good into their 60s, 70s, get hit with the massive waist.  anyone know why?

The REAL answer. As we age, the space between out spinal discs compress, which essentially makes the upper torso collapse in on itself. It's sort of like an accordion. This results in everything pretty much getting squashed. NOW, when that happens our organs/intestions get pushed outward as the torso is compressed. THAT'S what gives the impression that our midsection's expand with age. The average man loses 1/4"-1/3" PER decade after 30 (the average woman loses 1/2") and while our vertebrae gets shorter, our midsection gets wider. You see this a lot in older men who appear to be wearing their pants really high, when in actuality, what's making them looking so high is that their upper torso is shorter than it once was and that's the illusion. You can also see it in guys who have had back surgery where their discs have been fused together, or discs have been removed. The late great Roddy Piper was a prime example. He was once a tall guy standing 6'1"-6'2", but due to serious back surgery where they removed a portion of his spine he was down to about 5'8"-5'9" before he died and his stomach appeared to be much larger. It's just that his intestines had less room in his shrunken torso so they had to expand outward.
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: Havenbull on September 30, 2016, 10:59:36 PM
Lot of bro science in this thread...
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: musclecenter on September 30, 2016, 11:08:21 PM
Looking amazing musclecenter!


thanks
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: OB1 on October 01, 2016, 01:43:30 AM
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=617559.0;attach=691198;image)

Props.
Looking very good.
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: V Man on October 01, 2016, 05:07:14 AM
thanks :)
i am 63,vid from 2 months ago


But how does this compare to when you were younger?
Title: Re: why does the midsection expand with age?
Post by: musclecenter on October 01, 2016, 06:39:27 AM
But how does this compare to when you were younger?
in 2001, i was 48