How to Slow Down, Part 1

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How to Slow Down, Part 1

Okay, this is the truth: Sorry to tell you, guys, but… Aging is a heterogeneous, genetically determined set of processes.

There simply aren’t a whole lot of things we can do about it. That’s the bad news. The good news is that despite all the signs our bodies show and the messages we get that we are aging, the slowing process does not have to be as dire as many of us fear. Some of the world’s best over-40 master athletes prove that the older athlete may be able to keep up with his younger competitorsor at least keep them in sightespecially in the endurance sports.

Examples abound: The marathon in the 1984 Olympics was won by 37-year-old Carlos Lopes. In cross-country skiingarguably the most aer-obically demanding sport of allthe Olympic 1988 silver medal in the men’s 50-kilometer race was taken by 39-year-old Maurilio DeZolt of Italy, who repeated the feat in 1992 at age 43! He then finished in the top 10 in that event in Lillehammer in 1994.

So biological aging alone may not be the limiting factor in how well one man runs the marathon. Besides the obvious factordedicated conditioningsuch intangibles as job stress, inevitable hassles with children, or an aging parent suddenly diagnosed with lung cancer can have a significant impact.

Still, there are enough changes in our lives and especially in our physical capacity to make us question whether we can still leap over the fence in pursuit of an errant four year old. Is this an indication of some irreversible, age-induced disability? Maybe. Maybe not.

Here, to the best of my ability, is the latest rundown on what your aging body can or cannot do, assuming that you maintain a modicum of fitness and health. olay total effects 7-in-1 anti-aging body wash