Actually men have greater upper body strength,so it might not actually be fitness (though it might be). I have lost what little I had as I descend into the Golden Years (which, as they say, can kiss my a**), but even men considered elderly can still throw some torque into opening things and lifting things I would get a compression fractu…
Actually men have greater upper body strength,so it might not actually be fitness (though it might be). I have lost what little I had as I descend into the Golden Years (which, as they say, can kiss my a**), but even men considered elderly can still throw some torque into opening things and lifting things I would get a compression fracture trying to heave up. Last time I was at the airport, this black luggage handler was hurling 2 or 3 hundred pound suitcases around, and I told him I envied his upper body strength. He looked at me, having been trained by Customer Service to cope with demented old white people, and tried to respond flatly and stoically.
"Someone asked Bernard Shaw what, in his opinion, is the most beautiful thing in this world.
Actually men have greater upper body strength,so it might not actually be fitness (though it might be). I have lost what little I had as I descend into the Golden Years (which, as they say, can kiss my a**), but even men considered elderly can still throw some torque into opening things and lifting things I would get a compression fracture trying to heave up. Last time I was at the airport, this black luggage handler was hurling 2 or 3 hundred pound suitcases around, and I told him I envied his upper body strength. He looked at me, having been trained by Customer Service to cope with demented old white people, and tried to respond flatly and stoically.
"Someone asked Bernard Shaw what, in his opinion, is the most beautiful thing in this world.
“Youth,” he replied, “is the most beautiful thing in this world—and what a pity that it has to be wasted on children!” https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/09/07/young/