Why Healthy People Suddenly Decline After 60

[_bruce_]

To me, age is just a number. I still train as I did in my 30's and see myself as the 18yr old stud I've always been.

That's the spirit - a getbigger is a mixture of silverback and lion with horse genitals.

[Humble Narcissist]

That's the spirit - a getbigger is a mixture of silverback and lion with horse genitals.

With Einstenian brain.

[ThisisOverload]

Genes is the most important factor of all, it always is

I agree with sleep, I personally feel that might be the biggest factor you could somewhat affect youtself.

Women trouble ages you FAST.

Genes are everything. Both of my parents are in incredible health in their late 70's.

I just had some blood work done and everything was damn near perfect. Considering the crazy things I've done I would expect something bad. Been on AAS for 20 years with zero issues, but I have been TRT only for the last 4-5 years.

But in my late 40's sleep is huge! I feel like a completely different person if I don't get 8 hours of real sleep. The difference is unreal. My physical and mental performance is cut in half if I don't sleep well.

Also, mentally I cope with stress a lot better these days. It's almost impossible to get me worked up and my ability to let things go is legit.

My wife is dealing with a lot of mental stress from her family, I swear she has aged 5 years in the last 18 months.

I think a person's ability to handle stress is genetic to a point, but I also think you can learn to deal with it better.

[Max Stryker]

Genes are everything. Both of my parents are in incredible health in their late 70's.

I just had some blood work done and everything was damn near perfect. Considering the crazy things I've done I would expect something bad. Been on AAS for 20 years with zero issues, but I have been TRT only for the last 4-5 years.

But in my late 40's sleep is huge! I feel like a completely different person if I don't get 8 hours of real sleep. The difference is unreal. My physical and mental performance is cut in half if I don't sleep well.

Also, mentally I cope with stress a lot better these days. It's almost impossible to get me worked up and my ability to let things go is legit.

My wife is dealing with a lot of mental stress from her family, I swear she has aged 5 years in the last 18 months.

I think a person's ability to handle stress is genetic to a point, but I also think you can learn to deal with it better.

100%. Well said.

[Max Stryker]

I think the decline often *looks* sudden because the loss of reserve was gradual.

For years, your body compensates well enough to make  you "feel normal". Then an infection, injury, surgery, spending too much time on getbig.com or period of inactivity pushes you past a threshold. Recovery takes longer, you lose strength, and that can become a shitty cycle.

There’s no magic age where this happens. Genetics, training, sleep, shitty wife and medical history all affect how much reserve you have. Key is the reserve (And no Ron Avdian, can't replenish reserves on Orange Chicken alone)

Staying "fit-ish" helps, but it doesn’t make anyone immune. If someone declines dramatically over weeks or months, I wouldn’t simply write it off as “getting old.”

I’d want to know what changed. Then treat it, rebound and get back to baseline.

[Humble Narcissist]

Genes are everything. Both of my parents are in incredible health in their late 70's.

I just had some blood work done and everything was damn near perfect. Considering the crazy things I've done I would expect something bad. Been on AAS for 20 years with zero issues, but I have been TRT only for the last 4-5 years.

But in my late 40's sleep is huge! I feel like a completely different person if I don't get 8 hours of real sleep. The difference is unreal. My physical and mental performance is cut in half if I don't sleep well.

Also, mentally I cope with stress a lot better these days. It's almost impossible to get me worked up and my ability to let things go is legit.

My wife is dealing with a lot of mental stress from her family, I swear she has aged 5 years in the last 18 months.

I think a person's ability to handle stress is genetic to a point, but I also think you can learn to deal with it better.

Yes, stress ages a person fast.

[pamith]

Think young and see how that goes for you.

Bro...

[pamith]

To me, age is just a number. I still train as I did in my 30's and see myself as the 18yr old stud I've always been.

My nikka

[MajorDomo]

Minimize cortisol and you will maximize life. Its no accident that most long lived people are also the calmest

[IroNat]

I think the decline often *looks* sudden because the loss of reserve was gradual.

For years, your body compensates well enough to make  you "feel normal". Then an infection, injury, surgery, spending too much time on getbig.com or period of inactivity pushes you past a threshold. Recovery takes longer, you lose strength, and that can become a shitty cycle.

There’s no magic age where this happens. Genetics, training, sleep, shitty wife and medical history all affect how much reserve you have. Key is the reserve (And no Ron Avdian, can't replenish reserves on Orange Chicken alone)

Staying "fit-ish" helps, but it doesn’t make anyone immune. If someone declines dramatically over weeks or months, I wouldn’t simply write it off as “getting old.”

I’d want to know what changed. Then treat it, rebound and get back to baseline.

Agreed.

[Humble Narcissist]

Bro...

Brutal but true.

[pamith]

Brutal but true.

I know the secret to not aging

[loco]

Genes are everything.

Genes play a huge role, but they aren't everything.

Just one example:  Hypertension runs very aggressively in my family.  Except for me, all the men and some of the women in my family are on hypertension medications, or were for those who passed.  After starting a meat-heavy keto diet years ago, I induced clinical remission of hypertension.  My blood pressure is now consistently normal without medications.

And here is another example:

"The Indianapolis-Ibadan Dementia Project (IIDP) was a groundbreaking, 20-year longitudinal comparative epidemiological study established in 1991. It was designed to measure the prevalence, incidence rates, and risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and other age-associated dementias by comparing two culturally, environmentally, and geographically distinct populations of similar genetic ancestry.

The stark difference in Alzheimer’s rates between two ethnically related groups provided powerful evidence that environmental factors, lifestyle, and cardiovascular health play a massive role in dementia risk, overriding purely genetic predispositions."

https://iidpportal.medicine.iu.edu/about/study-history.html

[IroNat]

Say you are 65-70 in good shape but you get a serious injury and now you have limited mobility.
Your muscle mass and probably bone density will decrease drastically.
Not good.