Is body strength determined by age

[Jim1174]

recently I discovered that chuck Norris was 53 when he did walker Texas ranger and I started thinking can a 53 year old man really kick but like he did on the show. Do you think the ability to kick butt like chuck is determined by age or by how we take care of our body? I mean athletes retire at a young age because there body's aren't the same as when they were a lot younger.

 

[Kickboxer101]

Firstly Texas ranger is a tv show to make chuck norris look good. But right now he's 76 and yes he could still beat up a lot of people. It's nothing to do with his strength look at him in his prime in way of the dragon he's hardly a huge muscular guy. The reason is his training he's been training all his life and those skills will never diminish even if his body does. Look at randy couture he was fighting up until he was 46. They retire because the physical demand of a training camp are difficult but it doesn't mean they can't fight anymore.

 

[Bill Mattocks]

Strength diminishes with age. Fortunately, strength is not a prediction of outcomes.

 

[Tames D]

Look carefully at the fight scenes. It's not Chuck doing the kicking. He had a hip replacement. Watch when he runs...

 

[Charlemagne]

All things being equal, strength does diminish with age. However, that can be mitigated with proper training, particularly when that training is started young and maintained as one ages.

 

[Buka]

As for Chuck, his stunt man on the show was Chip Wright, an old team mate of mine and a student of Chuck's. (Chip is why Chuck grew the beard, Chip had it first)

As for being old...besides that it sucks, what would you like to know?

 

[Gerry Seymour]

recently I discovered that chuck Norris was 53 when he did walker Texas ranger and I started thinking can a 53 year old man really kick but like he did on the show. Do you think the ability to kick butt like chuck is determined by age or by how we take care of our body? I mean athletes retire at a young age because there body's aren't the same as when they were a lot younger.

Most athletes retire because their bodies can't take the abuse of constant training that's necessary to compete at the highest levels, or because of the effects of decades of that abuse.

Yes, there is a degradation in muscle mass that starts somewhere near age 40. Up until close to age 60, most fit people can actually maintain their muscle mass with significant (and increasing) exercise, but it's increasingly difficult to gain mass. After that, it becomes a losing battle for most of us.