For activities that require short and sudden bursts of energy — like the m sprint, shot-put, or javelin — the starting pistol should have fired by your mids, since there is a rapid decline thereafter. Footballers hit their stride even younger. Even after your 30s and 40s, the decline is gradual. Sunny McKee , for instance, celebrated her 61st birthday by competing in her first Ironman Triathlon, which involved a kilometre mile cycle ride, combined with a marathon and 4km 2.
Indeed, many competitors are so addicted to these punishing sports that they push on into their 70s. Past your 20s, your ability to commit new facts to memory has already seen better days. That could make the brain slower, over all. Although facts may take a little longer to stick, other skills keeps on developing — reading comprehension and arithmetic, for instance, continue to improve into middle age.
Social reasoning — our ability to manoeuvre our way through the complexities of our friendships — peaks even later. In other words, our mental abilities rise and fall in waves — as one crest has passed, another is on its way.
If sitcoms and movies are to be believed, your 20s and 30s are something of an ongoing orgy. In fact, neither sexual desire, nor sexual activity, fall off very quickly until well into your 50s.
And even then the decline is far from precipitous. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Share this —. Follow today. More Brands. By Joan Raymond. We apologize, this video has expired. Older people access healthcare in greater numbers, experience more chronic illness, diminished capacity and death than their younger counterparts.
For many, reaching 60 also means the discovery of new found freedoms. A quieter home, the ability to eat whatever and whenever you want, to work late and go out often without worrying about the children. Leisure time is, at long last, leisurely. There are hopefully fewer financial concerns, the pleasure of grandchildren, senior discounts with your children capable, independent grown-ups whose company you can enjoy.
With age comes wisdom and experience. There is a better feeling of oneself with fewer insecurities. You stop worrying about the insignificant things in life and have a better understanding and appreciation of your own mortality.
Older people are also now travelling more, learning more and keeping busy in ways that their parents and grandparents could not have experienced or imagined. While an aging body often comes with its own challenges, advances in healthcare have meant that we are not only starting to live longer there are now more people on Earth older than 65 than younger than five for the first time, according to a Deutsche Bank analysis of United Nations data but living with a greater quality of life.
Take hearing problems as one example. Hearing loss is the third most prevalent chronic condition affecting older adults, however hearing solutions currently on the market mean improved social life and more self-sufficiency.
The truth is, medical devices such as hearing implants allow for higher quality of life up to old age. Did you know age-related hearing loss is on the rise and, on average, it takes years for someone with a hearing loss to start looking for help?
MED-EL has more interesting facts around age-related hearing loss. It seems the answer varies depending on your age. Ultimately it appears getting older is something that happens to other people! What we view as the lifestyle markers of old age change as we age too.
While most year olds say forgetting names is a sign of old age, less than 50 percent of those older than 29 consider it a sign of aging. Having grandchildren is also something that younger people see as a characteristic of older people, but older individuals may not. Emile Ratelband made international headlines when he launched a controversial legal battle to change his official date of birth from March to March , reflecting the fact that he feels 20 years younger.
The legal bid may be a first, but it is actually common to personally feel younger than we are. A study showed that once people pass the age of 25, they typically rate their subjective age as younger than their actual age.
And this discrepancy grows as we get older — for every decade that passes, people tend to feel that they have only gained around five or six years. Research in this field has also suggested that health-wise this is very good news.
People with a younger subjective age tend to suffer less from diabetes, hypertension, depression, cognitive impairment and dementia. One group of researchers also found that these people have a younger looking brain.
We have collected a number of interesting content pieces for you in our dedicated collection called "age". She has written for German broadcaster ProSieben and The Guardian, and has many years experience working in politics, marketing, sports and media. She has a young daughter and spends her time juggling work, family and visiting friends in the UK.
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