Why do old people have such thick fingers/ wrists?

[BJJforlife77]

I have always wondered this. My dad is 50 and even though we have the same size hands, his fingers are like twice the thickness of mine. Why is this?

 

[Justice 4 All]

Tendons strengthen over time when you actively use them. And I imagine people generally use their hands a lot.

 

[Ironpants]

The thickness comes with age. You get cuts, scraps, bruises over the years that split the skin open and then when the skin heals over it's a litle bit wider then before the injury.

Sounds weird but it's true.

 

[flak]

I'm almost 50 and my fingers have always been skinny as hell. Which is funny because I'm a short, stocky guy. Heavy barbell training has thickened them a smidgen but not much.

My dad, on the other hand (ha) has always had very thick fingers. His pinkie is thicker than my thumb.

 

[K1HerosNakamura]

Have you asked your dad if he's had implants?

 

[flak]

Have you asked your dad if he's had implants?

Nah, he's stacking DigiTech PawSplode 5000 and Mano Labs Mittjacker.

 

[vision1]

It's because your dad is a Bad-Ass and you're a pussy