Is this true?

[seizer]

I was talking to this guy the other day who was quite big and had a respectable bp of 405...anyways, he and I were talkin about gaining strength with respect to age. He said that once he stoped growing around 20, he got alot stronger because he said he got what he called "grown man strength". His claims were that he made more gains more often after this point. Is this true that you attain a certain something thats helps your strength once your body is done growing?

 

[BOOEY]

I don't know, but I'm pretty sure males testosterone production are at their highest during this period (18-24). That may have something to do with it.

 

[mad_monkey59]

Im not sure of the science but it has something to do with muscle maturity.

This is similar to reaching your athletic peak, imagine a flow diagram where your body is developing (moving up slightly), then the middle part is where your body is finished growing (your athletic peak) and then the last part, where the line starts to slope where you start to age.

So yes, the guy is pretty correct, although you wont suddenly be benching 50kg more then last chest day... there is a gradual increase in performance.

Look at how profesional footballers (soccer) peak between 23-27 and then gradually decline until they are useless at 35.

 

[seizer]

ok, so what you are saying is that you have a greater potential in your early twenties?

 

[Tom Treutlein]

I would think that you would have more potential, since you're more fully developed as you age. I'm eighteen, and I'm sure I still have some growing to do. There might not even be a whole lot of science behind it, but it seems true.

 

[Beachbum1546]

just cuz your 20 doesn't mean your done growing. your done growing in height but this is when your body grows in size. you fill out your frame at that age.

 

[mad_monkey59]

ok, so what you are saying is that you have a greater potential in your early twenties?

Your early to late 20s are considered to be the period when you are at your highest sporting potential.

 

[ChinkNasty]

I dunno but I once visited the Budweiser plant in St. Louis and these fat old men were walking around with full kegs like it was nothing...someone pointed out that was old man strength...

 

[6_pak]

I dunno but I once visited the Budweiser plant in St. Louis and these fat old men were walking around with full kegs like it was nothing...someone pointed out that was old man strength...

"old man strength" is this the scientific terminology. I think what you witnessed is strength that these men obtained through heavy lifting throughout a long period. You just dont wake up one day and become strong due to your age. Have you ever seen a man haul hay, im talking like throwing 50lb haybails up four rows on the trailor, but looks like he's never lifted much more than the weight of his pecker. Of cource, this man has been hauling hay for years. I recognize it as strength aquired from lifting a familiar object. I dont know if that has any scientific merit, but that same man that could throw the hay like a pebble, couldnt however, out bench me in the weight room. GO FIGURE..

 

[ACEHOLE]

old man strength is very real