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Was having a discussion at work with a colleague about age. I believe age is only a number, you can't stop the ageing cycle but can remain young by exercising and good eating habits etc. Just look at how celebrities remain young by doing such things. He thinks men start ageing in their 40's if not earlier irrespective of their lifestyle. What do other posters here think?
 
Khetain Hain Ghora Aur Mard Kabhi Bhuda nahe Hota !! I don't know whether this is true or not but I have a Pot Belly at 24 :facepalm:
 
A gem of a question. Something that has dodged me for a while as I turned 40 this year.

Physically
I think Stamina is something you can build and keep up with exercise and cardio but one's agility does get worse with age. I can still work 24 hrs straight, stay up for 36 hrs if needed and actually require less sleep now than I used to. I do have a poorer metabolism than when I was in my 20's and can pack pounds quickly if not careful with diet. The hair loss is genetic. I still have my hair just thinning a bit on top but still no obvious bald spot but I know some in their 30's who are completely bald.

Mentally
40 is about the time I feel one reach their peak. Not only can one learn and retain information like before but one's judgment and decision making capacity and the ability to handle pressure is much better. Not to say that everyone in their 40's are super confident and geniuses. I think its just the right balance between the skills learned and experience gained. I think post 50 one start going down hill in the "learning new skills" area.

Emotionally
40 is a tumultuous time. You know your life is half over, your youth is gone, you have only old age to look forward to but you have gained some wisdom and experience by then to lose most of the adolescent anxieties about education, work, love life and overall direction of life. Most people by this time have careers and families in place and their goals are more well defined. Still, nothing like approaching midlife and getting pangs for those younger care free times.

As to the question is hand, I think one can make an argument that 40 is where you start seeing the aging process on display, hence being the doorway to old age.
 
If white or grey hair is the criteria for old age then many men get that as young as in their 20's.
 
Around mid 30's men start to show age.

Hair thinning, dark circles under eyes, greying of hair and most importantly, the elasticity of skin starts deteriorating.

Sure we can work out and maintain healthy body. But our faces still show the signs of aging. Celebrities spend a boat load of money to stay young for longer like salman khan. They do skin tightening, hair transplants and Botox.
 
I had a birthday last week, and while I mourned the passing of another year with nothing much to write home about, I realized how one's perception of what qualifies as old, changes as one ages. I remember how, when I graduated from University at 22, the 18-year old freshmen used to call us "babas." It wasn't that four years on campus had aged us, it was simply a matter of perspective: they were 18, and someone 25% older than them was old, which in relative terms is how a 40-year old would see a 50-year old. A classmate married a guy who was 28, and we teased her on getting married to an "uncle." In those days, the "big 3-0," as we called it, was a dreaded, unwanted milestone. It came, and it went, and life carried on.

Goalposts shift, and its just as well that they do. Personally, I feel better today than I ever did in my 20's, because I'm healthier and fitter today than I ever was then. Still, someday it will hit me out of the blue. Father Time prevails in the end.
 
Nostalgic said:
I had a birthday last week, and while I mourned the passing of another year with nothing much to write home about, I realized how one's perception of what qualifies as old, changes as one ages. I remember how, when I graduated from University at 22, the 18-year old freshmen used to call us "babas." It wasn't that four years on campus had aged us, it was simply a matter of perspective: they were 18, and someone 25% older than them was old, which in relative terms is how a 40-year old would see a 50-year old. A classmate married a guy who was 28, and we teased her on getting married to an "uncle." In those days, the "big 3-0," as we called it, was a dreaded, unwanted milestone. It came, and it went, and life carried on.

Goalposts shift, and its just as well that they do. Personally, I feel better today than I ever did in my 20's, because I'm healthier and fitter today than I ever was then. Still, someday it will hit me out of the blue. Father Time prevails in the end.
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Happy belated birthday.

Going back to the thing you said about college, I always felt in high school that you could distinguish a high school senior or junior from the sophomores or freshmen, but in college that line is a total blur. Everybody just mixes in and to me as a 3rd year everyone is the same. Most of the time I guess wrongly, the people who are upperclassmen are usually sophomores or sometimes freshmen and vice versa.

I know it's cliche, but yeah age is just a number. No point in being overly serious just to "act your age". It's okay to let lose sometimes.. I think I opened myself to a myriad of puns though. Let's see.
 
what age should a man be at the peak of his career?
 
Nostalgic said:
I had a birthday last week, and while I mourned the passing of another year with nothing much to write home about, I realized how one's perception of what qualifies as old, changes as one ages. I remember how, when I graduated from University at 22, the 18-year old freshmen used to call us "babas." It wasn't that four years on campus had aged us, it was simply a matter of perspective: they were 18, and someone 25% older than them was old, which in relative terms is how a 40-year old would see a 50-year old. A classmate married a guy who was 28, and we teased her on getting married to an "uncle." In those days, the "big 3-0," as we called it, was a dreaded, unwanted milestone. It came, and it went, and life carried on.

Goalposts shift, and its just as well that they do. Personally, I feel better today than I ever did in my 20's, because I'm healthier and fitter today than I ever was then. Still, someday it will hit me out of the blue. Father Time prevails in the end.
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So true. As a teen and in my early 20's I was a fan of Jim Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain, all of them died at age 27. I used to imagine if I can only live till 27, my lifespan would be adequate. Now at age 40, I feel like I have so much left to do and see.

The nihilism of my youth has been replaced by the optimism of senility.
 
Add life to your years, and not years to your life - anonymous.

When I was 40, I suffered a massive midlife crisis. Now at 43, I feel I still have a long way to go. Wake up with optimism in my mind and a song in my heart every morning.
 
I always felt I was young as long as my youngest child was little

Now that he's a young man I am feeling much older
 
People are looking younger these days. Just look at the 50 year olds today and compare them to the 50 year olds from 20-30 years ago.
 
confused_amoeba said:
A gem of a question. Something that has dodged me for a while as I turned 40 this year.

Physically
I think Stamina is something you can build and keep up with exercise and cardio but one's agility does get worse with age. I can still work 24 hrs straight, stay up for 36 hrs if needed and actually require less sleep now than I used to. I do have a poorer metabolism than when I was in my 20's and can pack pounds quickly if not careful with diet. The hair loss is genetic. I still have my hair just thinning a bit on top but still no obvious bald spot but I know some in their 30's who are completely bald.

Mentally
40 is about the time I feel one reach their peak. Not only can one learn and retain information like before but one's judgment and decision making capacity and the ability to handle pressure is much better. Not to say that everyone in their 40's are super confident and geniuses. I think its just the right balance between the skills learned and experience gained. I think post 50 one start going down hill in the "learning new skills" area.

Emotionally
40 is a tumultuous time. You know your life is half over, your youth is gone, you have only old age to look forward to but you have gained some wisdom and experience by then to lose most of the adolescent anxieties about education, work, love life and overall direction of life. Most people by this time have careers and families in place and their goals are more well defined. Still, nothing like approaching midlife and getting pangs for those younger care free times.

As to the question is hand, I think one can make an argument that 40 is where you start seeing the aging process on display, hence being the doorway to old age.
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I think Physical peak is 25, Mental peak is 45, and Emotional peak is 60.
 
In terms of emotional strength I have got stronger and stronger.

I don't learn as quick as I used to though.

I'm in the best cardiovascular shape of my life.
 
It's all relative. If you are going to do sports at a professional level, then mid thirties is probably as far as you can push it, although there are still some MMA fighters who are over forty still going strong. For normal people though it's just perception these days, most movie stars are still going well into their middle age because they have to look after themselves. So really the answer is when you end up going to hospital for treatment to illnesses related to age I would say.
 
This is a depressing topic. I remember waking up a couple of years ago in a cold sweat and thinking 'how am I 26? Where did my youth go?' I'm more at peace with it now I think.

As far as the answer to the question is concerned, I'd say mid 40s is when u will start noticing it.
 
When, for the first time, he wakes up during the night twice to pee.
 
Suleiman said:
Going back to the thing you said about college, I always felt in high school that you could distinguish a high school senior or junior from the sophomores or freshmen, but in college that line is a total blur. Everybody just mixes in and to me as a 3rd year everyone is the same. Most of the time I guess wrongly, the people who are upperclassmen are usually sophomores or sometimes freshmen and vice versa.
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It was easier to tell them apart in Pakistan. The freshmen were the ones trying to hide from the ragging, you could spot them from a mile away. The sophomores were the ones who had found their feet, yet still had a bit of an innocence to them. The juniors looked the most comfortable and confident. The seniors were the ones that looked weary, had grown tired of the friends they had had put up with for three years, and couldn't wait to get the hell off campus. Each attitude lent a particular look.

In addition, there were the traditional mores regarding how "elders" were meant to be treated, which was reflected in how the four groupings interacted with each other... even though "elder" was a relative term, given how the biggest difference was a mere three years.
 
I'm 25 and I'm at that age where I find highschool kids incredibly annoying (and dumb), and people older (35+) than me incredibly dull and boring.

So I'm in the in-between situation at the moment.


I have kept myself in good physical condition since highschool, so I'm not physically "old" yet Alhumdulilah.
 
Robert said:
In terms of emotional strength I have got stronger and stronger.

I don't learn as quick as I used to though.

I'm in the best cardiovascular shape of my life.
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as in are able to take more abuse without batting an eye-lid?
 
PakLFC said:
Was having a discussion at work with a colleague about age. I believe age is only a number, you can't stop the ageing cycle but can remain young by exercising and good eating habits etc. Just look at how celebrities remain young by doing such things. He thinks men start ageing in their 40's if not earlier irrespective of their lifestyle. What do other posters here think?
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It depends on the point of view and one's outlook towards this question.

If you look at a physical point of view then you probably become old when your body gives up on you e.g weak bones, slow reflexes, joint ache, low stamina etc etc.

If you look at it from a mental point of view then you are definitely old if you are extremely short-tempered, have weak memory, can't handle stress etc etc.

For me age is just a number because different people age differently and there are way too many factors like lifestyle, job, amount of stress, genetics etc.
 
No age is not just a number. Scientifically, that is just wrong. With age come many changes that are unavoidable and undeniable, and the effects of aging on a person vary based on lifestyle and genetics.cellular breakdown is not just a "number" but a processes that is affected by age, so is your metabolism, immune system, skin elasticity, sperm count, memory, cardiac condition, etc. We never say that a cars model number and how many miles its been driven is just a number do we? Yes maintenance does play a role, as does lifestyle for a person. So age is not just a number, but actually a very important factor. Inly if life and health insurence started saying that age is just and number and ignored all the stats and science like we do.
 
In Islam you are considered young until you reach the age of 40.
 
ITs a wierd process.
I think its when you remove yourself from social and mental contact.
I saw people in their early fifties who took early retirement age before my eyes.
While the ones that continued working were full of vigor.
Its all dependent on what your ambition is what drives you.
When you loose your drive yuo age very fast
 
deathstreak said:
ITs a wierd process.

I saw people in their early fifties who took early retirement age before my eyes.
While the ones that continued working were full of vigor.
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This is so true. People think that the best thing is to have big money and retire. Research proves those who keep working live longer, are healthier and happier
 
Above comments means the coming of grey hair does not mean I am getting old. I am thinking George Clooney is still in great demand:danish I've nothing to worry about, abhi toh mein jawan hoon:rp
 
Definitely aged watching this election!
 
Early to mid 40's based on personal experience.
 
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