Precise statistics do not exist, but if you compared the percentage of very muscular people over 35 to those under, the 'under' are far more common.
It seems logical that once someone has built an extra muscular body it should be easier to maintain it.
However according to the engineers at bodybuildinginwater.com, "It is far easier for young adults to build up their bodies then to keep them in top condition for many years. That is as long as they continue using the same bone loading exercises they used to build up."
The average adult, who has not spent time building additional muscle, can find it rather easy to 'fail' their muscles in the gym, at first.
Each time they fail their muscles they heal to a stronger state. If these failures happen ever few days the muscles will continue building strength, but only for a while.
This process halts once muscles have strengthened to the mechanical limits of their joints. At this point the joints start overstressing before the muscles can reach failure again, and the joints start being overworked (damaged) instead of the muscles.
Only young growing joints heal stronger after being overworked, adult joints just wear down, so the extra muscle strength that weaker joints no longer can handle, atrophies.
According to bodybuildinginwater.com "As long as almost all modern exercise methods continue loading all of their forces through bones to get at muscles, adult joints and vertebrae will prematurely wear down, because they actually oppose (work) the muscles, not the exercise method or device."
"All you have to do is remove the joint and vertebrae compression from deep muscle exertion exercises and athletes could keep their massive muscle strength and looks indefinitely, or restore (re-call) them later."
"We have heard physical trainers with collage degrees tell us that "it is impossible to fully exert muscles without deeply compressing joints", but that is because they were only taught methods that overload bones to work the muscles, which is great for growing bones, but it wears down adult skeletons."
These engineers have spent 11 years figuring out methods that will overwork virtually every large muscle attached to the human body, while causing less skeletal compression then sitting still."
"The applications are endless," they say, "but for folks who had chiseled bodies 40 years ago, these methods are perfect for re-energizing their long lost muscles, with astounding speed. Their old muscles can even work harder then when young because their warn down joints and vertebrae will no longer hamper their muscle exertion, or motion range."
"No compression with total muscle exertion, through the entire muscle contraction range is why we build Exoskeleton™ workout equipment for adults, like Body Oars™."
Body Oars physically convert arms and legs into unbreakable core muscle driven water paddles that carry all the effort and resistance forces (that bones and joints normally handle), to and from the body's most powerful muscles.
"Our methods and devices will allow former athletes who have grown old, obese and hindered, to rapidly restore their long lost strength and stamina."
They have this analogy. "Atrophy is like deflating a balloon for easier storage. You may never re-inflate it, but you can always pump it back up."
When an arm or leg comes out of a cast for six weeks, it often looks shriviled up like the atrophied muscles on some old people. But if all is well the muscles can look back to normal after a few days.
"In several years we expect to see many great athletes from the 50-80's looking ripped to their bones again. However this will not give them back their 'game' because their joints and vertebrae are still far to brittle for a return to their sport. That could get very ugly."
In February one of the world's largest publications for Firefighters, 'Fire Rescue Magazine' is publishing a study they conducted last summer on the Lower Body Oars™ an Exoskeleton device these engineers have created.
Google or bing "World's greatest workout device" and something about Body Oars already lists first and then takes most of the links on their first pages.
The firefighter report is not yet released, but they informed us they were very impressed because Body Oars will certainly help firefighters remain in top condition for a long career. Look for their 'Gear Test' section in February's issue.
Bodybuildinginwater.com has posted seven video classes of deep muscle exertion exercises, with little or no compression. These are free for anyone to watch from their home page.
Remember, never start any new exercise without first getting approval from your doctors.
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