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Originally Posted by Rain Man
When I was young I could leap like a gazelle. I had hops.
But as I've aged, my jumping ability has probably been my single greatest decline in physical performance. I'm not sure I've even got a 12" vertical these days.
I just checked. It's probably 6" to 8". (Edit: 10" after measuring.). And the weird thing is that I have strong legs and I'm not overweight. I just can't jump any more.
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Yeah, I’m no expert but I’ve done some reading and it seems as long as you keep working out, you can maintain a good amount of your strength into your 60s before the massive decline begins. Doesn’t appear to be the case with explosion/speed, though.
IIRC, you are a distance runner as well so decades of that sort of specific training has probably had an impact on your hops.