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I am 50 now and I definitely feel that my body can't endure hard training that well anymore and little injuries just keep accumulating. I am now doing a relativ

I am 50 now and I definitely feel that my body can't endure hard training that well anymore and little injuries just keep accumulating. I am now doing a relatively mild yoga routine every morning and I feel I can maintain that for a long time. I always wonder how the people over 40 training for a triathlon do in the long run. Do they accumulate more and more problems until they can't do it anymore? How do they handle injuries that don't allow them to run anymore?

nradov 8y ago
The great thing about triathlon training is that if you have a minor running injury you can just stop running for a few weeks to let it heal and focus on swimming, cycling, and resistance training instead. It's totally possible to endure hard training until you're >80. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_Buder#Triathlon_career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_Buder#Triathlon_career
- maxxxxx 8y ago
  This person is an outlier. That's not normal. I used to do kickboxing and yes, there were a few fighters who did great in their 40s but most after a few years had massive injuries that prevented them from continuing. I myself have a bad knee and a bad shoulder so I can't run, cycle or swim without pain. Used to teach yoga classes. During seminars you could see older famous teachers do amazing stuff. I thought yoga is is really healthy until I found out that a lot of them had hip and knee replacements and often lived in painkillers. I believe most people simply can't do high intensity stuff from a certain age on or have to be very selective.
  - nradov 8y ago
    Sure there are some outliers and there's obviously survivorship bias but if you check the results from any large endurance race you'll find many older age group athletes with finishing times not far off the overall winners. You really can't compare endurance sports with high impact, full contact sports like kickboxing.
    - maxxxxx 8y ago
      How old are you?

nradov 8y ago

The great thing about triathlon training is that if you have a minor running injury you can just stop running for a few weeks to let it heal and focus on swimming, cycling, and resistance training instead. It's totally possible to endure hard training until you're >80. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_Buder#Triathlon_career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_Buder#Triathlon_career

maxxxxx 8y ago
This person is an outlier. That's not normal. I used to do kickboxing and yes, there were a few fighters who did great in their 40s but most after a few years had massive injuries that prevented them from continuing. I myself have a bad knee and a bad shoulder so I can't run, cycle or swim without pain. Used to teach yoga classes. During seminars you could see older famous teachers do amazing stuff. I thought yoga is is really healthy until I found out that a lot of them had hip and knee replacements and often lived in painkillers. I believe most people simply can't do high intensity stuff from a certain age on or have to be very selective.
- nradov 8y ago
  Sure there are some outliers and there's obviously survivorship bias but if you check the results from any large endurance race you'll find many older age group athletes with finishing times not far off the overall winners. You really can't compare endurance sports with high impact, full contact sports like kickboxing.
  - maxxxxx 8y ago
    How old are you?