I’m no where near an old man yet but I was in significantly better shape at 18 yet I’m much stronger at 24. I’ve seen numerous old men outclass me even though I’m “in my prime”. So do we just get more potent hormones as adults? Better muscle mind connecting?
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I had a snowboard trainer which did train me to do blindfolded turns, riding with boots untied, riding and jumping in switch. all of this done to exhaustion, like I was jumping when my legs were barely able to walk.
Me: Why are we doing this? It hurts, it has nothing to do with jumping.
She: we are not training your body, that’s something you can do by yourself. We are making your brain learning how to do it without your body help. And we are doing it as hard as possible. Your brain is not gonna like it.
We did this for a week, in summer. When winter came, none of my friends did recognize me while riding. I was another person. I was literally using my body in a completely different fashion.
What an “older” person has, is the brain experience to use every bit of the body better. It takes immense practice, but every thing you do can be done with a single strong muscle, or a concert of all the muscles in your body. The first needs strength, the second needs experience.
I was so lucky I met this girl, my trainer for a week, she missed the Olympics by a hair once, and then she was too old to try the next, but god IMO she is gold medal in training people now.
I was old, I started the sport too late to excel, but I wanted to see what I could have done with some expert training and it was incredible to see Ho “strong” you get if the brain knows what to do.
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