The dude, when you grow old - all this will droop, and you will look ugly!" - very much often such phrases can be heard from people who despise bodybuilding, but prefer to luxuriate on a sofa in front of the TV with pizza.
Whether so it? People very much like to compare photos in which the famous bodybuilders are depicted in the dawn of the forces, with modern photos. So-called "to" and "later", where on the one hand idols in peak form, and with another they already with the drooped stomach and sluggish muscles.
To take the same Iron Arney. All I think clear that Arney for a long time not to sport, it for the last years was "with the head" in policy and he did not deserve such ungrateful the relation which is sometimes shown to it and its present sportswear …
Somewhere I subtracted the story by one French bodybuilder that that in 1997 happened to hold a training in one gym with already elderly Shchvartsenegger. Arnold appeared accompanied by two bodyguards, one of whom served during time occupations as the insuring partner. It became noticeable soon that the best bodybuilder of the world trained, overcoming the severe a shoulder joint pain. Carrying out presses, he bit lips, his eyes watered, and the face was distorted by a painful grimace. Between approaches he held a shoulder, not in forces to take out the strongest discomfort.
There is a question, really the person how a biomechanical design, wears out the joints exercises, and in old age turns into the disabled person?
Bodybuilding – heavy sport and working in the gym, you the persistence and the wrong equipment can wear out joints and cripple almost everything that is in "the human mechanism". But nobody promises that even the correct equipment will help you to avoid injuries and problems in the future, there is also such question as food and providing itself with nutrient necessary for each cage of an organism. Also you should not forget about specific features of an organism.
However there is a category of bodybuilders - long-livers who to manage at decent age to keep the body in great shape.
Maintaining abilities to train and support muscles in good shape throughout the longest period of life is the whole art. Existence of knowledge, ability of the analysis and practical application of the accumulated information is required.
On an example it is possible to consider couple of famous not young bodybuilders ….
Frenk Zayn
Zayn was born on July 28, 1942 in the city of Kingston (State of Pennsylvania). Began to do bodybuilding in 14 years. Frenk is a winner of the well-known competition "Mr. Olympia" (1977, 1978, 1979). Zayn had no impressive parameters, but showed what has to be obese harmony what ratios and proportions between groups of muscles have to be.
Anthropometrical data:
- growth – 175 cm
- weight – 93 kg
- breast – 132 cm
- hands – 48.5 cm
- waist – 76 cm
- hips – 67 cm
- shins – 44 cm
Dave Dreyper
Dreyper is one more athlete from "a gold era of bodybuilding". He was born on April 16, 1942 in New Jersey, was an actor and the author of articles. Dreyper performed on a podium with young Arnold Shchvartsenegger, Frank Zayn, Franco Colombo. Dreyper is a title holder "Mr. Vselennaya" of 1966.
Interesting facts. Dave began to do bodybuilding in 10 years. In 62 years he made one of the best a photoshoot which showed all magnificence of his muscles. Dave says that he could continue the trainings to such age thanks to refusal of more injury-causing exercises (for example a press lying and a press because of the head) in favor of exercises, more bezlopastny for joints.
Such examples when the man in 50, 60 and even supports 70 years muscles in an excellent state much. But let's look such diamonds among the fair sex …
Collin Fischer and Kelly Nilson
Kelly and Collin – mother and the daughter, both champions in bodybuilding. Nelson was 75, Collin – 46 years when they won National Grandmastersky and Masterful tournaments respectively. Both steels are rather known, promoting the technique "for any age" on television and on the personal website.
It is worth finishing article with the following. For your health, a backbone and joints the lack of loading will become even more pernicious over time, than systematic wrong trainings and the injury-causing, wearing-out technology of performance of exercise.