jecht wrote:
jamin wrote:
Look at interviews with those Turpin kids, who were stuck in their rooms their rooms their whole lives ... they all look half their actual age. I noticed a similar phenomenon that acquaintenences I had who sat around and smoked weed their entire 20s usually aged well.
On the other hand, I notice that distance runners always look way older than their actual age. Probably distance running combined with the fact that distance runners are type-A personalities and so they live high-octane lives that include stressful careers, getting up early in the morning, drinking lots of coffee and taking supplements, etc.
Not necessarily. I'm 38, Asian and look like I'm 22. I hate it, I'd rather look older and more authoritative.
Most distance runners have good jobs but not all.
Even Asian people can look old for their years of overweight and having a sluggish metabolism, especially after 45 or so.
I can't believe this thread. Have you seen how old the average person looks compared to a runner?
A lot of its genetic. If you want to look young for your age, make sure to be born with high cheekbones, quite a wide jaw, good teeth, a small slightly upturned nose and a large forehead. You don't have to be Asian to have these features, some lucky white people are born with them too.
Wear sunscreen. Don't have thin, stretchy skin. A lot of real long distance, slow twitch types seem pre disposed to having angular features, large noses and low facial fat, which is ageing anyway.
Definitely lift weights or be active - I can think of some men who are a little obsessed with staying slim in middle age and don't each much at all, but they are not very active and stay indoors too much and they kind of resemble elderly boys. That sort of look is very ageing and a kind of creepy. They have the face of an older guy but the body shape of a 15 year old.
Walking slowly/shuffling is very ageing too. Some people in their forties who have never been active have terrible posture and have never learned to lift their knees or pick up their feet, so they adopt the gait of elderly people.