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[QUOTE=Kblaze8855;14659709]Ever play with people who were kids in your prime and remember you being athletic and notice you fell off?
You’ll never be called “Unc” more times an hour in your life.[/QUOTE]
I used to be able to blow by defenders quite easily. And was pretty good at staying in front quick guards laterally. I also was pretty good in the air.
Now everything hurts. :oldlol:
[QUOTE=eliteballer;14720317]I saw somewhere that Burrow has the 2nd fastest snap to throw time in the league..behind Brady.
Ask yourself if stretching and drinking less beer is really what's leading crazy longevity with these athletes.
If it was we'd sure as heck be seeing a lot more of them playing great late.[/QUOTE]
You already are you just choose not to pay attention to them. Guys get washed up much later than they used to.
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He’s been washed for years. Peaked like 12-15 years ago.
Is there a simple explanation for what it is we lose that makes us so much worse with time even when our body doesn’t show it?
I assume it’s because you can’t see joints and tendons…how bones feel when you land. You can maintain the muscle but the total bodily support isn’t there so even guys like Joe who were never great athletes can’t maintain.
What I’m thinking about is…someone has to be working on this right? I’ve read from people I assume just googled it themselves that fast twitch fibers reduce with time and can’t be replaced but as I said I don’t trust the source.
Then there’s of course the fact that many of these modern athletes look a lot different minus the various plastic surgeons, hair transplants, and so on that keep them from appearing to age. But I’m talking more about the function of the body than appearances.
Someone is gonna figure out how you can have more muscle at 40 than 19 but be half the athlete and beat it with a non steroid pill or treatment? It’s not as simple as muscle building of course. We can build muscle and be less explosive. There are many factors but we have to be closing in on defeating this…right? Or no?
There are muscles…tendons…joints…bones…it’s a physical thing. This problem of losing general athleticism even while maintaining outward appearances feels like it can be solved. We are definitely getting better at it with a deeper understanding and a focus on nutrition, flexibility, and so on.
You go look at the old guys they mostly look like they used to or better. Melo looks better today than he did 20 years ago. Rondo and Dwight look about the same. Guys get old and realize they used to eat like shit and not stretch or sleep enough. They get in better shape…often get more skilled….and still get worse. Even the ones who weren’t explosive to begin with.
With technology and research we have lessened the long term impact of injuries…helped muscles work better for longer…
The training medical advances and technology are a huge part of why every five years for the last 40 people keep coming out and saying players are more athletic than they’ve ever been.
My question is this….
Assuming a super soldier serum is a pipe dream we will never defeat time and make a well tuned athlete of means with similar muscle stay at peak athleticism until he decides to stop maintaining it…
So are the advances just about done with? In 20 years are we still going to be saying how much more athletic the players are compared to what we see today? Will the standard for longevity be playing in the NBA in your 50s?
It took us 40 years to get here from this being 37
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We don’t have THAT much More to do to our bodies do we? What could possibly happen from here? Is someone going to figure out that you can cross a peach with an avocado and create some monstrous purple fruit with a pit that makes you immortal?
Records will continue to be broken incrementally no doubt but we’re about done with shocking jumps aren’t we?
All that’s left is for us is to combine being able to look the same forever with maintaining the function of all the shit that makes us move…right?
So if that’s a pipe dream…is serious advancement of athletic potential and longevity over?
What can you imagine happening that will justify people in 2055 saying how much more athletic everyone in the nba/nfl is than they were in 2022?
Will everyone be Wilt who could have played at 50 but just got bored and did other things?
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Athletes can maintain or even increase muscle mass with age, those critical components that support explosive movements naturally degrade. Fast-twitch fibers, which are responsible for speed and power, decline with age due to decreased nerve signaling efficiency and slower muscle protein synthesis. Tendons and ligaments lose elasticity, making movements less explosive and increasing injury risk.
[QUOTE=ArbitraryWater;14658287]Extremely interesting thread.
Always nice when ISB brings some of his off-ISH knowledge into ISH.[/QUOTE]
True. One of the calmest guys itb, i guess.
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