IS It Possible for People to Get Faster and More Flexible at older age?

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Yes, it is possible.

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Nope there is no way to get faster, bigger, stronger, flexible when you get older just face the facts that as you age you get closer to your death.

Yeah, sorry buddy, but you're screwed. The best runners = the youngest runners. Once you hit puberty, it's all downhill from there.

I don't know if it's possible to get faster. I think what happens is that runners rarely reach their true potential. So for runners getting a late start, they don't get faster. They just fall short of what they would have been able to do if they had gotten an earlier start. The best thing to do is to train as smart as you can and get as much out of your running as you possibly can.

I think it's possible, as long as your goals are realistic. Could you be capable of turning a 4:20 mile? Perhaps, is it likely? No. Similarly, if the question is a sub-16:00 5K. That's likely makeable, but a sub-15:00 may well not be. It also usually takes several years of consistent training to reach your potential, so you might well be 37 or 38 before you peak (just slightly before age starts to tip things against you). Flexibilty is a function of regular stretching. You can become more flexible. I know, because I've done it.

Wayne

Chuck,

Although science indicates that you will show declines in strength, aerobic output, and flexibility after age 30, you can dramatically slow those losses with high mileage, weight training, and yoga.

Always remember, distance running success is mostly a function of AEROBIC fitness. Leg speed doesn't mean a damn thing if a runner is half a lap behind because he couldn't aerobically handle the pace.

I s'pose it depends on a lot of things, but in my case, I've gotten steadily faster over the last 10+ years. I'll be 39 this summer, and fully expect to set some new PRs again this year.

Now everything is relative. I said I've gotten fastER. Note I didn't say anything about getting fast.

I agree with Pete here. It all depends on where you're coming from. In Pete's case, it is likely he would have been a very good runner had he been doing so at a younger age (teens and early 20s). As it is, he is still very good (and still getting better which is awesome) but more than likely his ultimate potential was years earlier.

We don't know how fast you are at age 33 or how fast you were once upon a time - if you were really slow and didn't run much then yes you could get faster. If you were highly trained and fast in your early 20s then I'd say you face a pretty steep uphill battle. Everyone starts to decline at different times. My decline started at about age 27 - 10 years ago for me, and I've accepted that I will never be as fast again as I was in my early 20s.

I see. Those are all good points...

If you have a high proportion of FT fibers but had never

trained as a sprinter you would PR at a lot of distances.

Some people PR at 40. 33 is very young. Denton PR'd at 3000

at 34? It all comes down to training.

My uncle Bob is more flexible and faster at 49 than at 39.

There was this guy (I will try to find his name)that as a masters ran a sub 4:10 mile. Twenty years earlier in college he claims he could not break 4:30.

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