Even though I’m 40 and my dad never leaves couch I strongly believe that he can win easily in any strength competition (involving arm strength to be precise).
Is there something biologically different in muscles as we get older that makes muscles stronger, and we don’t have to exercise as much to keep them that way?
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You lose muscle mass and strength by about 1% a year from the age of 50. So strong older men were stronger younger men.
Cracking a walnut is a technique not a strength thing.
Also growing muscles is something you do with training. Sure genetics play a role but getting the strength of a average 60yo isn’t limited by your genes.
Men generally have greater tendon strength than women. I’ve heard it called grip strength to I believe. Some guys can crush apples with bare hands ( not me lol ) but they dont look all jacked up.
If I had to guess, he’s been able to do that for a long time.
Strength peaks at 25, so if your dad is still stronger than you, you probably didn’t inherit that gene from him.
Generally no. Cracking walnuts with your hands certainly requires some strength, but not exceedingly much. A certain disregard for pain also helps. And you need to put two walnuts in your hand – one of them will focus the pressure on one point and break the other. If you practice long enough, you can do that trick.
Maybe he has a history of actually using those muscles a lot vs you?
Are you a man or a woman?
I just tried to crack some walnuts we collected in October and it didn’t work. What is this technique?
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