I’m 40 and don’t experience any of this because I’ve remained active and eat well. I only just got into whitewater kayaking as my latest hobby and I doubt I’d have noticed much more of an edge at 27. Even with climbing, I still compete and doubt I’d notice an edge unless I was at the level of a full professional.
I think the aches occur in neglected muscles and skeletons. They’ll come for us all one day, but 27? Not good.
That’s a very condescending and privileged take. You clearly are lucky with genetics. Most people are not. Not feeling at least somewhat limited at 40 is definitely an outlier case and not the norm. Acting like the average person will have your experience is just living in fairytale land.
This is heavily dependent on your genetics. It sounds like you’re pretty lucky in addition to taking care of yourself, congrats! I had to take a step back from dancing around 27, because I kept injuring my knees, even with sufficient training, musculature, and recovery time built in. It’s now been several years and I’m okay, but I simply cannot be as active as I want to be (tbf, I was dancing for 14 hours a week, but I had the time and energy for it. I still do, but my knees complain 🤷)
There is always that one asshole who says “Well I feel great at X age so clearly everyone else is unhealthy and not as good as me.” That opinion always infuriates me. What a fucking clown.
…if you neglect yourself.
I’m 40 and don’t experience any of this because I’ve remained active and eat well. I only just got into whitewater kayaking as my latest hobby and I doubt I’d have noticed much more of an edge at 27. Even with climbing, I still compete and doubt I’d notice an edge unless I was at the level of a full professional.
I think the aches occur in neglected muscles and skeletons. They’ll come for us all one day, but 27? Not good.
That’s a very condescending and privileged take. You clearly are lucky with genetics. Most people are not. Not feeling at least somewhat limited at 40 is definitely an outlier case and not the norm. Acting like the average person will have your experience is just living in fairytale land.
This is heavily dependent on your genetics. It sounds like you’re pretty lucky in addition to taking care of yourself, congrats! I had to take a step back from dancing around 27, because I kept injuring my knees, even with sufficient training, musculature, and recovery time built in. It’s now been several years and I’m okay, but I simply cannot be as active as I want to be (tbf, I was dancing for 14 hours a week, but I had the time and energy for it. I still do, but my knees complain 🤷)
There is always that one asshole who says “Well I feel great at X age so clearly everyone else is unhealthy and not as good as me.” That opinion always infuriates me. What a fucking clown.