Joe Friel

Sep 10, 2024 | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Craig Cox |Jon Spayde |Patrick Downes |Joe Friel

New research on the aging process has me recalling an oft-quoted conversation in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, in which a couple of guys discuss financial disaster:“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”We tend to think of growing old in a similar way.

Nov 8, 2023 | impactmagazine.ca | Joe Friel

For athletes who have been in their sports for a long time, as in several decades, performance declines as they move north of 50 years of age. The research tells us that there are two reasons for this. One is that the aerobic capacity (VO2max) declines with age. This appears to be inevitable. The other is that most older athletes gravitate to long, slow distance (L.S.D.) training. This is not inevitable and fully within one’s control.