Current MMA Champions by age

[Fioretti]

hahaha
Think of it like that: many fighters will break some of his records. But only one of two very special could break as many records as he did while putting a show like he did.

I don't think averaging the age would do him favors, because he stayed for a long time at the top.
I would separate the age fighters got their title (meaning arrived at the top) and average that.
I would do the same with when fighters lost their belt and average that.
This way we get the average time fighters maintain their belts
and we could see how the spider sits in that.

I've already averaged the age they attained their title, in every division. All the links are in the OP of this thread, and in the OP of each divisional thread.

I guess I could average out the age in which they all lost their titles too. Goddammit.

Spider's got everyone but Jones smoked in that sense - ages 31-38 - and the all the standard GOAT candidates (Aldo, DJ, Jones, GSP, and Fedor) are the closest to him as far as longevity. Jones and Silva stand pretty far above the rest, and Silva was the oldest amongst all of them during their reigns.

 

[Sweater of AV]

I guess you were too dense and emotionally fueled to click the link to sportsci.org? You know, the Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine and Science? You're also still hyper-focused on peak performance in certain events, as if that equates to "physical prime". It doesn't, and it is actually covered in the link too.

This link: AGING AND EXERCISE (sportsci.org) - here are some highlights for you:

• Young adulthood typically covers the period from 20-35 years of age, when both biological function and physical performance reach their peak. During young middle-age (35-45 years), physical activity usually wanes, with a 5-10 kg accumulation of body fat.
  
• Strength peaks around 25 years of age, plateaus through 35 or 40 years of age, and then shows an accelerating decline, with 25% loss of peak force by the age of 65 years.
  
• Muscle mass decreases, apparently with a selective loss in the cross-section if not the numbers of type II fibers. It is unclear whether there is a general hypotrophy of skeletal muscle, or a selective hypoplasia and degeneration of Type II fibers, associated with a loss of nerve terminal sprouting.
  
• There is a progressive decrease in the calcium content and a deterioration in the organic matrix of the bones with aging. However, the dividing line between normality and pathology is unclear, and it is also uncertain how far a decrease of habitual physical activity contributes to the age-related calcium loss.
  
• The calcium loss can begin as early as 30 years.
  
• Regular load-bearing exercise can halt and sometimes even reverse bone mineral loss through the eighth decade of life. Such a regimen is particularly effective when accompanied by a high calcium diet (1500 mg/day).
  
• The age of peak athletic performance depends upon the key functional element required of the successful competitor. In events where flexibility is paramount (for example, gymnastics and brief swimming events) the top competitors are commonly adolescents.
  
• Because of a longer plateauing of muscle strength, performance in anaerobic events declines less steeply, and in pursuits such as golf and equitation, where experience is paramount, the best competitors are aged 30-40 years.
  
• Caution is needed in drawing physiological inferences from athletic records, since the pool of potential competitors decreases with age.

This is a much more "scientific" approach, wouldn't you say? Again, you're focused on peak performance rather than physiological science. My threads showing the age of champions is actually more closely related to a peak performance study, as they are essentially showing the same thing in relation to MMA. Yet, you want to discard the "real-world demonstration" aspect of listing these ages? That's kind of weird, isn't it? Even more weird that peak performance by most MMA fighters/champions aligns pretty tightly with physiological prime. So weird now. What would you say are the key functional elements required of a successful MMA fighter? Did you know that the age of 35 is included in the classification of "young adulthood"? That's pretty weird too, isn't it?

Not even close. As I said clearly, and has been said in those studies, the primes with respect to those attributes you listed are completely different. The physical prime is not 27-35 and yes it is related to the peak performance years in sports. You can quote all of the data on physical strength you want, but you're clearly incapable of understanding the difference.

Here's another actual study that you can read and help yourself:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26088954/

 

[Sweater of AV]

Oh and @Fioretti, buried in your post you've thankfully actually agreed with me:

• The age of peak athletic performance depends upon the key functional element required of the successful competitor. In events where flexibility is paramount (for example, gymnastics and brief swimming events) the top competitors are commonly adolescents.
  
• Because of a longer plateauing of muscle strength, performance in anaerobic events declines less steeply, and in pursuits such as golf and equitation, where experience is paramount, the best competitors are aged 30-40 years.

Since we agree on what you've posted here, we can look at the actual studies in different sports.

Sian V. Allen & Will G. Hopkins. Age of Peak Competitive Performance of Elite Athletes: A Systematic Review. 19 June 2015. Sports Medicine. DOI: 10.1007/s40279-015-0354-3

Summarized here:

https://www.realclearscience.com/jo...s_is_when_athletes_hit_their_peak_109280.html

For many of us, the hump comes too soon. We reach the apex of our physical abilities around age thirty, then it's downhill from there.

Elite athletes peak even earlier, according to a new systematic review published in the journal Sports Medicine.

Sian Allen and Will Hopkins, based out of the Sports Performance Research Institute in New Zealand, poured through the scientific literature to ascertain the age at which athletes competing in various sports hit peak competitive performance. Here's what they found:

- For sprints, jumps, and throws, men and women hit their peak around 25 years of age.

- For sprint swimming events, men peak around 24 years and women peak at roughly 22 years. Endurance swimmers peak about a year earlier for both sexes.

- Male and female marathoners are at their best at ages 30 and 29, respectively.

- Male and female triathletes peak at 27-years-old.

- Men and women competing in the Ironman triathlon, which consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride, and a 26.2-mile run, are at their best at the ages of 32 and 34, respectively.

- Professional hockey players perform best between the ages of 27 and 28.

Generally, the authors noticed that athletes competing in "sprint" events requiring explosive power peak much sooner than athletes competing in endurance or game-oriented events, perhaps because older athletes are able to use experience and savvy to their advantage.

Thanks bud. I'm glad we're on the same page.

 

[Fioretti]

Not even close. As I said clearly, and has been said in those studies, the primes with respect to those attributes you listed are completely different. The physical prime is not 27-35 and yes it is related to the peak performance years in sports. You can quote all of the data on physical strength you want, but you're clearly incapable of understanding the difference.

Here's another actual study that you can read and help yourself:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26088954/

Oh and @Fioretti, buried in your post you've thankfully actually agreed with me:



Since we agree on what you've posted here, we can look at the actual studies in different sports.

Sian V. Allen & Will G. Hopkins. Age of Peak Competitive Performance of Elite Athletes: A Systematic Review. 19 June 2015. Sports Medicine. DOI: 10.1007/s40279-015-0354-3

Summarized here:

https://www.realclearscience.com/jo...s_is_when_athletes_hit_their_peak_109280.html

For many of us, the hump comes too soon. We reach the apex of our physical abilities around age thirty, then it's downhill from there.

Elite athletes peak even earlier, according to a new systematic review published in the journal Sports Medicine.

Sian Allen and Will Hopkins, based out of the Sports Performance Research Institute in New Zealand, poured through the scientific literature to ascertain the age at which athletes competing in various sports hit peak competitive performance. Here's what they found:

- For sprints, jumps, and throws, men and women hit their peak around 25 years of age.

- For sprint swimming events, men peak around 24 years and women peak at roughly 22 years. Endurance swimmers peak about a year earlier for both sexes.

- Male and female marathoners are at their best at ages 30 and 29, respectively.

- Male and female triathletes peak at 27-years-old.

- Men and women competing in the Ironman triathlon, which consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride, and a 26.2-mile run, are at their best at the ages of 32 and 34, respectively.

- Professional hockey players perform best between the ages of 27 and 28.

Generally, the authors noticed that athletes competing in "sprint" events requiring explosive power peak much sooner than athletes competing in endurance or game-oriented events, perhaps because older athletes are able to use experience and savvy to their advantage.

Thanks bud. I'm glad we're on the same page.

You're too dense to understand that you're not showing science, you're showing peak performance charts in selected events. That's basically the same exact thing that I'm showing with my "Champions By Age" threads. They are essentially MMA performance charts by age, as they are showing the elite athlete's age in each division when reaching the pinnacle. You're also failing to understand that when you questioned me about the physiological science of a man's prime being between the ages of 27-35, that I proved that with multiple scientific studies of muscle/bone growth and deterioration.

I purposely underlined that part that you think agrees with what you're saying, but you're not comprehending how it applies. Peak performance does not equate to physical prime. You keep wanting them to mean the same thing, they don't. You keep wanting to show shit about swimming and gymnastics, yet adolescents tend to be the top competitors. Are you claiming that adolescent gymnasts and swimmers are in their physical prime? Do you know how naive and ridiculous that sounds? A decline in peak performance does not equate to a decline in physicality. "Out of prime" is when your body starts to physically decline, not when individuals aren't at their personal best. A selective loss or degeneration of type II fibers is a physical decline. So is hypoplasia and loss of nerve terminals. That's the scientific part you wanted so badly before. A progressive decrease in the calcium content and a deterioration in the organic matrix of the bones is the scientific explanation of a physical decline. Sprinters slowing down as they gain and retain mass doesn't help your argument as you think it does, it helps mine.

You have shown nothing scientific, and you're grasping onto an athletic performance review as if it is scientifically explaining how humans physiologically progress and decline. It doesn't. You're doing that while simultaneously trying to discredit and discard my documentation of an MMA performance review. That article and your words do not mean what you think they mean, and your inability to conceptualize the difference between physiological development and event-based performance reviews is not helping your case. You don't even want to try to understand or accept the difference, you just want to be right. Yes, you are correct in some things you are saying, but overall you're not understanding. I'll repeat, again, the most basic and easiest way to understand this: individual peak performance does not equate to physiological prime. Being more flexible and having less muscle mass/density does not mean you are in your physical prime. It is beneficial to some select athletic events, and detrimental to others. Humans do not physically decline before or at the age of 30. Males will start to decline in their late 30's. This is when muscles and bones typically start to deteriorate. There are exceptions, but 27-35 is the general rule of thumb. Some claim 25-35 since muscle strength begins to peak at 25, but muscle density and cognitive ability are not quite there yet in most. 20-35 seems to be a broader category that also covers all of the events you want it to, but age 35 is still considered "young adulthood". Do you know why? I noticed you skipped a lot of the questions I've been asking over the last few posts. Why is that? Maybe try to discuss something rather than post the same recently googled article repeatedly. I saw that shit too, quite a while ago, but I was able to distinguish the difference between a performance review and physiological science. I'm trying to help you understand it too.

 

[Sweater of AV]

You're too dense to understand that you're not showing science, you're showing peak performance charts in selected events. That's basically the same exact thing that I'm showing with my "Champions By Age" threads.

Hey Sherlock, try again. It's exactly showing what physical prime means as it pertains to each sport. There is no universal physical prime that you can just quote for any sport. Stop saying stupid shit like 27-35 is the physical prime for all males based on strength, speed, and reaction time. Grow up.

I suggest taking more time and actually thinking. Go over the posts and the studies slowly. If you need help then find someone near you who can actually talk to you in person.

 

[Fioretti]

Hey Sherlock, try again. It's exactly showing what physical prime means as it pertains to each sport. There is no universal physical prime that you can just quote for any sport. Stop saying stupid shit like 27-35 is the physical prime for all males based on strength, speed, and reaction time. Grow up.

I suggest taking more time and actually thinking. Go over the posts and the studies slowly. If you need help then find someone near you who can actually talk to you in person.

So....all the science you wanted so badly is irrelevant when it proves you wrong? Heard!

 

[Sweater of AV]

So....all the science you wanted so badly is irrelevant when it proves you wrong? Heard!

You proved yourself wrong with your own statements and yet you're still here trying to claim you're right about something.

 

[Fioretti]

You proved yourself wrong with your own statements and yet you're still here trying to claim you're right about something.

You still think peak performance in select events means physiological prime. You have shown nothing on human development. You are ignorant to this topic, and unwilling to learn. Is normal.

 

[Sweater of AV]

You still think peak performance in select events means physiological prime. You have shown nothing on human development. You are ignorant to this topic, and unwilling to learn. Is normal.

You still think there's a universal "prime" that applies to everything.

"A male's prime for speed happens from 27-35"

-Fioretti



It's like arguing with a toddler.

 

[Fioretti]

You still think there's a universal "prime" that applies to everything.

"A male's prime for speed happens from 27-35"

-Fioretti



It's like arguing with a toddler.

A man's physiological prime is typically between the ages of 27-35. It doesn't matter how much you love, Fedor, kidd-o. Facts are facts. Show me some more science about gymnastics and swimming records to justify Fedor getting triangled at age 33.

 

[z99]

What's the prime age for couch video game player?

Asking for a ... late 50s friend of course.

 

[Sweater of AV]

A man's physiological prime is typically between the ages of 27-35. It doesn't matter how much you love, Fedor, kidd-o. Facts are facts. Show me some more science about gymnastics and swimming records to justify Fedor getting triangled at age 33.

Lol at bringing Fedor into the discussion. You're just proving your insecurity.

"Scientifically speaking"

-Fioretti

Tell me more about the prime age for speed sweet little Fioretti.

 

[Fioretti]

Lol at bringing Fedor into the discussion. You're just proving your insecurity.

"Scientifically speaking"

-Fioretti

Tell me more about the prime age for speed sweet little Fioretti.

References

1. Asmussen, E. & Molbech, S.V. Methods and standards for evaluation of the physiological working capacity of patients. Hellerup, Denmark: Communications of the Testing and Observation Institute, 4, 1-16, 1959.

2. Comfort, A. Aging. The Biology of Senescence. 2nd Ed. New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1979.

3. Fiatarone, M.A., Marks, E.C., Ryan, N.D., Meredith, C.N., Lipsitz, L.A. & Evans, W.J. High intensity strength training in nonagenerians. Effects on skeletal muscle. Journal of the American Medical Association, 263, 3029-3034, 1990.

4. Fries, J.F. Aging Well. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1989.

5. Health & Welfare Canada. Health Promotion Survey: Ottawa: Health & Welfare, Canada.

6. Kasch, F.W., Wallace, J.P., Van Camp, S.P. & Verity, L. A longitudinal study of cardiovascular stability in active men aged 45 to 65 years. Physician and Sportsmed, 16 (1), 117-126, 1988.

7. Niinimaa, V. & Shephard, R.J. Training and exercise conductance in the elderly. (2). The cardiovascular system. J. Gerontology, 35, 672-682, 1978.

8. Shephard, R.J. Physical Activity and Aging. 2nd Ed. London: Croom Helm Publishing, 1987.

9. Shephard, R.J. Fitness and aging. In: Aging into the Twenty First Century. C. Blais (ed.). Downsview, Ont.: Captus University Publications, 1991, pp. 22-35.

10. Shephard, R.J. Health and Aerobic Fitness. Champaign, IL.: Human Kinetics Publishers, 1993.

11. Shephard, R.J. & Montelpare, W. Geriatric benefits of exercise as an adult. J. Gerontology (Med. Sci.), 43, M86-M90, 1988.

12. Weisfeldt, M.L., Gerstenblith, M.L. & Lakatta, E.G. Alterations in circulatory function. In: Principles of Geriatric Medicine. R. Andres, E.L. Bierman & W.R. Hazzard (eds.). New York: McGraw Hill, 1985, pp. 248-279.

 

[Sweater of AV]

References

1. Asmussen, E. & Molbech, S.V. Methods and standards for evaluation of the physiological working capacity of patients. Hellerup, Denmark: Communications of the Testing and Observation Institute, 4, 1-16, 1959.

2. Comfort, A. Aging. The Biology of Senescence. 2nd Ed. New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1979.

3. Fiatarone, M.A., Marks, E.C., Ryan, N.D., Meredith, C.N., Lipsitz, L.A. & Evans, W.J. High intensity strength training in nonagenerians. Effects on skeletal muscle. Journal of the American Medical Association, 263, 3029-3034, 1990.

4. Fries, J.F. Aging Well. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1989.

5. Health & Welfare Canada. Health Promotion Survey: Ottawa: Health & Welfare, Canada.

6. Kasch, F.W., Wallace, J.P., Van Camp, S.P. & Verity, L. A longitudinal study of cardiovascular stability in active men aged 45 to 65 years. Physician and Sportsmed, 16 (1), 117-126, 1988.

7. Niinimaa, V. & Shephard, R.J. Training and exercise conductance in the elderly. (2). The cardiovascular system. J. Gerontology, 35, 672-682, 1978.

8. Shephard, R.J. Physical Activity and Aging. 2nd Ed. London: Croom Helm Publishing, 1987.

9. Shephard, R.J. Fitness and aging. In: Aging into the Twenty First Century. C. Blais (ed.). Downsview, Ont.: Captus University Publications, 1991, pp. 22-35.

10. Shephard, R.J. Health and Aerobic Fitness. Champaign, IL.: Human Kinetics Publishers, 1993.

11. Shephard, R.J. & Montelpare, W. Geriatric benefits of exercise as an adult. J. Gerontology (Med. Sci.), 43, M86-M90, 1988.

12. Weisfeldt, M.L., Gerstenblith, M.L. & Lakatta, E.G. Alterations in circulatory function. In: Principles of Geriatric Medicine. R. Andres, E.L. Bierman & W.R. Hazzard (eds.). New York: McGraw Hill, 1985, pp. 248-279.

Those all show your prime age for speed is 27-35?



Thanks for referencing "Geriatric benefits of exercise as an adult".

Meanwhile...

Sian V. Allen & Will G. Hopkins. Age of Peak Competitive Performance of Elite Athletes: A Systematic Review. 19 June 2015. Sports Medicine. DOI: 10.1007/s40279-015-0354-3

Summarized here:

https://www.realclearscience.com/jo...s_is_when_athletes_hit_their_peak_109280.html

For many of us, the hump comes too soon. We reach the apex of our physical abilities around age thirty, then it's downhill from there.

Elite athletes peak even earlier, according to a new systematic review published in the journal Sports Medicine.

Sian Allen and Will Hopkins, based out of the Sports Performance Research Institute in New Zealand, poured through the scientific literature to ascertain the age at which athletes competing in various sports hit peak competitive performance. Here's what they found:

- For sprints, jumps, and throws, men and women hit their peak around 25 years of age.

- For sprint swimming events, men peak around 24 years and women peak at roughly 22 years. Endurance swimmers peak about a year earlier for both sexes.

- Male and female marathoners are at their best at ages 30 and 29, respectively.

- Male and female triathletes peak at 27-years-old.

- Men and women competing in the Ironman triathlon, which consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride, and a 26.2-mile run, are at their best at the ages of 32 and 34, respectively.

- Professional hockey players perform best between the ages of 27 and 28.

Generally, the authors noticed that athletes competing in "sprint" events requiring explosive power peak much sooner than athletes competing in endurance or game-oriented events, perhaps because older athletes are able to use experience and savvy to their advantage.

 

[Fioretti]

Those all show your prime age for speed is 27-35?



Thanks for referencing "Geriatric benefits of exercise as an adult".

Meanwhile...

Sian V. Allen & Will G. Hopkins. Age of Peak Competitive Performance of Elite Athletes: A Systematic Review. 19 June 2015. Sports Medicine. DOI: 10.1007/s40279-015-0354-3

Summarized here:

https://www.realclearscience.com/jo...s_is_when_athletes_hit_their_peak_109280.html

For many of us, the hump comes too soon. We reach the apex of our physical abilities around age thirty, then it's downhill from there.

Elite athletes peak even earlier, according to a new systematic review published in the journal Sports Medicine.

Sian Allen and Will Hopkins, based out of the Sports Performance Research Institute in New Zealand, poured through the scientific literature to ascertain the age at which athletes competing in various sports hit peak competitive performance. Here's what they found:

- For sprints, jumps, and throws, men and women hit their peak around 25 years of age.

- For sprint swimming events, men peak around 24 years and women peak at roughly 22 years. Endurance swimmers peak about a year earlier for both sexes.

- Male and female marathoners are at their best at ages 30 and 29, respectively.

- Male and female triathletes peak at 27-years-old.

- Men and women competing in the Ironman triathlon, which consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride, and a 26.2-mile run, are at their best at the ages of 32 and 34, respectively.

- Professional hockey players perform best between the ages of 27 and 28.

Generally, the authors noticed that athletes competing in "sprint" events requiring explosive power peak much sooner than athletes competing in endurance or game-oriented events, perhaps because older athletes are able to use experience and savvy to their advantage.

A study done by Robert Kail and John Cavanaugh and featured in the book, Human Development: A Life-Span View, stated that men reach their physical peak between their late 20s and early 30s. These findings are further substantiated by a report found in the Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine and Science.

The Human Development: A Life-Span View study concluded that by the time a man reaches their late 30s their physical strength, flexibility, and muscle mass begins to decline and will continue declining. However, you can combat this by participating in regular sporting and fitness activities which will allow you to maintain your peak for at least 20 years longer if you don’t have any debilitating injuries.

 

[Sweater of AV]

A study done by Robert Kail and John Cavanaugh and featured in the book, Human Development: A Life-Span View, stated that men reach their physical peak between their late 20s and early 30s. These findings are further substantiated by a report found in the Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine and Science.

The Human Development: A Life-Span View study concluded that by the time a man reaches their late 30s their physical strength, flexibility, and muscle mass begins to decline and will continue declining. However, you can combat this by participating in regular sporting and fitness activities which will allow you to maintain your peak for at least 20 years longer if you don’t have any debilitating injuries.

Athletic performance obviously decreases as people get older and their bodies wear down physically, but new data compiled by French researchers sheds new light on exactly when these declines might start showing up, at least in some sporting disciplines.

The careers of more than 1,150 swimmers and track-and-field athletes, as well as the accomplishments of nearly a hundred chess grandmasters, were scrutinized based on the event they were participating in, as well as their age and how old they were when they established any world records. In all, more than 11,200 performances among these athletes made it into the data set, and the results confirm that there reaches an age – a physiological tipping point, if you will – when athletes start to experience an irreversible downturn in their abilities.

Generally speaking, athletes start to see physical declines at age 26, give or take. (This would seem in line with the long-standing notion in baseball that players tend to hit their peak anywhere from ages 27 to 30.) For swimmers, the news is more sobering, as the mean peak age is 21. For chess grandmasters, participating in an activity that relies more than mental acuity and sharpness rather than brute, acquired physicality, the peak age is closer to 31.4.

 

[Fioretti]

Athletic performance obviously decreases as people get older and their bodies wear down physically, but new data compiled by French researchers sheds new light on exactly when these declines might start showing up, at least in some sporting disciplines.

The careers of more than 1,150 swimmers and track-and-field athletes, as well as the accomplishments of nearly a hundred chess grandmasters, were scrutinized based on the event they were participating in, as well as their age and how old they were when they established any world records. In all, more than 11,200 performances among these athletes made it into the data set, and the results confirm that there reaches an age – a physiological tipping point, if you will – when athletes start to experience an irreversible downturn in their abilities.

Generally speaking, athletes start to see physical declines at age 26, give or take. (This would seem in line with the long-standing notion in baseball that players tend to hit their peak anywhere from ages 27 to 30.) For swimmers, the news is more sobering, as the mean peak age is 21. For chess grandmasters, participating in an activity that relies more than mental acuity and sharpness rather than brute, acquired physicality, the peak age is closer to 31.4.

So much science in your posts about human development.

You're also still hyper-focused on peak performance in certain events, as if that equates to "physical prime". It doesn't, and it is actually covered in the link too.

This link: AGING AND EXERCISE (sportsci.org) - here are some highlights for you:

• Young adulthood typically covers the period from 20-35 years of age, when both biological function and physical performance reach their peak. During young middle-age (35-45 years), physical activity usually wanes, with a 5-10 kg accumulation of body fat.
  
• Strength peaks around 25 years of age, plateaus through 35 or 40 years of age, and then shows an accelerating decline, with 25% loss of peak force by the age of 65 years.
  
• Muscle mass decreases, apparently with a selective loss in the cross-section if not the numbers of type II fibers. It is unclear whether there is a general hypotrophy of skeletal muscle, or a selective hypoplasia and degeneration of Type II fibers, associated with a loss of nerve terminal sprouting.
  
• There is a progressive decrease in the calcium content and a deterioration in the organic matrix of the bones with aging. However, the dividing line between normality and pathology is unclear, and it is also uncertain how far a decrease of habitual physical activity contributes to the age-related calcium loss.
  
• The calcium loss can begin as early as 30 years.
  
• Regular load-bearing exercise can halt and sometimes even reverse bone mineral loss through the eighth decade of life. Such a regimen is particularly effective when accompanied by a high calcium diet (1500 mg/day).
  
• The age of peak athletic performance depends upon the key functional element required of the successful competitor. In events where flexibility is paramount (for example, gymnastics and brief swimming events) the top competitors are commonly adolescents.
  
• Because of a longer plateauing of muscle strength, performance in anaerobic events declines less steeply, and in pursuits such as golf and equitation, where experience is paramount, the best competitors are aged 30-40 years.
  
• Caution is needed in drawing physiological inferences from athletic records, since the pool of potential competitors decreases with age.

This is a much more "scientific" approach, wouldn't you say? Again, you're focused on peak performance rather than physiological science. My threads showing the age of champions is actually more closely related to a peak performance study, as they are essentially showing the same thing in relation to MMA. Yet, you want to discard the "real-world demonstration" aspect of listing these ages? That's kind of weird, isn't it? Even more weird that peak performance by most MMA fighters/champions aligns pretty tightly with physiological prime. So weird now. What would you say are the key functional elements required of a successful MMA fighter? Did you know that the age of 35 is included in the classification of "young adulthood"? That's pretty weird too, isn't it?

 

[Sweater of AV]

• The age of peak athletic performance depends upon the key functional element required of the successful competitor.

Thanks again.



That's twice you've agreed with me. And with science too.

 

[Fioretti]

Thanks again.



That's twice you've agreed with me. And with science too.

You're too dumb to realize that it proves you wrong. Is normal.

 

[Sweater of AV]

You're too dumb to realize that it proves you wrong. Is normal.

What's that?

• The age of peak athletic performance depends upon the key functional element required of the successful competitor.

Oh ok.