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Phi Truong wrote:
wow! you guys are ancient. might want to move over so us younging can move up the world.  |
It does bring up a vital point, though, Phi. The real enemy, in the long run, is old age itself. As someone pointed out earlier (maybe Marc?) physical strength peaks in the late 20s. The injuries start to come back to haunt us in our forties and they settle in in the fifties....
So the way we train when we're young may seem like the best way to be strong...but it may be the very thing that hurts us most when we're older.
I know a guy my own age who was always scary tough. When he did technique on me, it felt like a boulder hitting me. And now he's retired due to injuries. He was a lot stronger than I, but I outlasted him.
So this is where the IP/IS stuff starts coming in: a way to produce power that will last long after normal athletic strength has gone--and it's not injurious, but health-building.
Definitely something to think about.
Just you wait, buddy!
David