The Effects of Aging on Physical Performance

Being in our 50s or any other arbitrary age is not a defining factor. A good maxim here is use it or lose it. The modern sedentary lifestyle leads to the inactivation of genes related to physical performance, attributes that were once critical for survival. Even among individuals with lower physical potential, that hard-earned genotype is still ours today. It's very often the case that as soon as we catastrophize and stop using our bodies, we have a worse outcome.