When is the average "prime" ages of someone's lifetime

[clout]

In sports, we love discussing and analyzing when an athlete is at their prime/peak powers. So how about for average human beings in terms of overall life, when are we usually at our best?

IMO, I think ages 25-40 are the "prime" of a human being life since you're usually at your best when combining one's physical and mental abilities.

Discuss

 

[sureshs]

I am better at tennis than ever before

 

[Sudacafan]

In sports, we love discussing and analyzing when an athlete is at their prime/peak powers. So how about for average human beings in terms of overall life, when are we usually at our best?

IMO, I think ages 25-40 are the "prime" of a human being life since you're usually at your best when combining one's physical and mental abilities.

Discuss

How old are you?

 

[GBplayer]

50 to 70 years old if you have looked after yourself.

 

[donquijote]

when are we usually at our best?

0-12
Hormones ruin everything.
Think about it. Most kids perform at their peak especially at younger age. They give their 100% to everything they do and they learn fast and unbelievably perform right away.

 

[travlerajm]

0-12
Hormones ruin everything.
Think about it. Most kids perform at their peak especially at younger age. They give their 100% to everything they do and they learn fast and unbelievably perform right away.

Yes. After elementary school life got harder. I’m finally winning again in my mid 40s.

 

[er4claw]

Your financial and societal prime is your 50s. Your more or less making the most money you ever will, your established in whatever your doing, you own the majority of what you'll ever own, and what your doing in life is no longer focused mainly on yourself but others since you have the capacity to. Health goes down in your 50s but a lot of 40 year olds I know aren't well established in life while 50 year olds usually are. 60s health falls off a cliff so I'm going with 50s.

Your physical prime in terms of health is your 20s though your strength prime is your very late 20s and early 30s. Most people are stonger during their mid to late 30s than they were in their 20s , but not nearly as healthy overall.

 

[Pheasant]

My peak years were in my early 30’s. I was a late bloomer. I was nearly 33 when I got married. I was also close to my physical peak at that time. Granted, I have a lot more money now. But big deal. Money doesn’t cause happiness. As we get older, we have seen so much, that nothing surprises us. I miss the days of elation.

 

[Enga]

I heard that mentally, males are still developing into their 20's. Since I am 25 i am stil dum dum but soon I will become smart.

I have seen people capable of amazing feats well into their 70s. It seems its possible but very difficult, requiring careful management, and every body is different. Many people wear down their body in inadvisable ways when theyre young, making healing and performance at an older age suffer. But I think in the future, as medicine advances, I think we will see much older people perform the physical feats of a young 25-40 body. In fact, we could see certain sportsmen become so dominant over a longer period of time that they could rule a sport for decades, singlehandedly bringing about dark ages in their preferred sport.

 

[EloQuent]

These days most people in their 20s are still finding themselves and digging out of student loans. So I guess from around 30 or so? Then after a decade or so you start aging.

 

[dgold44]

25-45

 

[Sudacafan]

0-12
Hormones ruin everything.
Think about it. Most kids perform at their peak especially at younger age. They give their 100% to everything they do and they learn fast and unbelievably perform right away.

They give their 100% at everything they’re interested in.

 

[Third Serve]

The standards have been raised to an impossibly high level. Life continues to evolve. Humans have begun to prime at later stages of their lifetimes due to the acquisition of experience over time. Therefore, it is not completely inane to assume that one can peak in their deathbed.

I'd say from 30-40.

 

[kramer woodie]

I heard that mentally, males are still developing into their 20's. Since I am 25 i am stil dum dum but soon I will become smart.

I have seen people capable of amazing feats well into their 70s. It seems its possible but very difficult, requiring careful management, and every body is different. Many people wear down their body in inadvisable ways when theyre young, making healing and performance at an older age suffer. But I think in the future, as medicine advances, I think we will see much older people perform the physical feats of a young 25-40 body. In fact, we could see certain sportsmen become so dominant over a longer period of time that they could rule a sport for decades, singlehandedly bringing about dark ages in their preferred sport.

Enga

I find your post intriguing. Twenty years ago in a land I have forgotten and don't miss, I had an intriguing conversation with a young man at my local
watering hole.

Sitting at the Whaling Bar in the Cafe La Rue within the La Jolla La Valencia Hotel, enjoying a Macallan's 50 year old single malt neat, the young man next to me, made the statement "that with Enough Money, I could live to 125 years old". I ask him why he made that statement and who he was and how did he know. Well his answer was he worked in the biotec industry up in Scripps on Torrey Pines Road. The advances being made in biotec would allow me to survive to 125.

I then, because of a twisted sense of humor, asked him if he could guarantee that I would be able to play tennis and surf until I was 124 years old.
His answer back was NO Way! I said to him, that being the case, did he care if I spent the last 6 to 8 years of my life in a rest home unable to get out of bed? No answer to the question, however, he repeated "with Enough Money you can live to 125". So that led me to say, "you
don't really care about the quality of life, just if I have Enough Money to pay you to live to 125. His answer was a sheepish, "well yes, nothing is free
in life".

The world is always changing, sometimes for the better sometimes for the worst. Now, the La V and the Whaling Bar was filled with professional help that added to the ambiance of a fine dining and drinking experience. After selling to new owners and remodeling Cafe La Rue, it is a cold modern dump. Gone is the ambiance. Just compare old u tube vids to the modern hotel advertising.

So, to all those on a Juan Ponce de Leon "Fountain of Youth Quest" good luck finding it. There are those who willing greedily take your money telling you eternal youth is just around the corner, "If You have Enough Money".

Aloha

 

[BlueB]

Intellectually and sexually in early 20s;
I reached my full height only at about 25;
Professionally in late 20s, early 30s;
Best at a sport in which I achieved the most in early 30s;
Physical and fitness peak late 30s, early 40s;
Now, at 50, I'm still getting better at couple of sports (one at semi-pro level);
Life quality going up constantly...

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[sureshs]

I heard that mentally, males are still developing into their 20's. Since I am 25 i am stil dum dum but soon I will become smart.

I have seen people capable of amazing feats well into their 70s. It seems its possible but very difficult, requiring careful management, and every body is different. Many people wear down their body in inadvisable ways when theyre young, making healing and performance at an older age suffer. But I think in the future, as medicine advances, I think we will see much older people perform the physical feats of a young 25-40 body. In fact, we could see certain sportsmen become so dominant over a longer period of time that they could rule a sport for decades, singlehandedly bringing about dark ages in their preferred sport.

2 weeks ago at the USTA Hard Courts Nationals, I watched the 90s women's singles final. The two "girls" split sets and were offered a chance to play a 10-point TB instead of a full third set, but they refused!

 

[sureshs]

I then, because of a twisted sense of humor, asked him if he could guarantee that I would be able to play tennis and surf until I was 124 years old.
His answer back was NO Way! I said to him, that being the case, did he care if I spent the last 6 to 8 years of my life in a rest home unable to get out of bed? No answer to the question, however, he repeated "with Enough Money you can live to 125". So that led me to say, "you
don't really care about the quality of life, just if I have Enough Money to pay you to live to 125. His answer was a sheepish, "well yes, nothing is free
in life".

Well, is there any guarantee that today you will not spend the last 6 to 8 years of your life bedridden if you only lived till 75?

That is the wrong question to ask. The people who work in this area look for reasons that the body ages and see if they can be overcome. These are usually fundamental cellular processes. If their decline is prevented, everything else will be prevented, so your chances of getting bedridden are not going to up simply because you live longer.

But then I am not in this field. I go to the area around the Pink Lady innumerable times but have never been inside the hotel.

 

[kramer woodie]

Well, is there any guarantee that today you will not spend the last 6 to 8 years of your life bedridden if you only lived till 75?

That is the wrong question to ask. The people who work in this area look for reasons that the body ages and see if they can be overcome. These are usually fundamental cellular processes. If their decline is prevented, everything else will be prevented, so your chances of getting bedridden are not going to up simply because you live longer.

But then I am not in this field. I go to the area around the Pink Lady innumerable times but have never been inside the hotel.

sureshs

Today, it would be a waste of time, to visit the pink. The Whaling Bar and Cafe La Rue now look like the remodel done to the upstairs bar at George's
at the Cove many years ago. Both appeal to younger generations, modern and cold. Both have lost their classiness.

By the way, yes their is a way to guarantee you will not spend the last years of your life bedridden. It is up to each individual to find the answer and
believe in it.

Aloha

 

[sureshs]

sureshs

Today, it would be a waste of time, to visit the pink. The Whaling Bar and Cafe La Rue now look like the remodel done to the upstairs bar at George's
at the Cove many years ago. Both appeal to younger generations, modern and cold. Both have lost their classiness.

By the way, yes their is a way to guarantee you will not spend the last years of your life bedridden. It is up to each individual to find the answer and
believe in it.

Aloha

Yeah but in general the glamour days of Golden Hollywood are gone. The people who used to hang out in Southern California in places like La Jolla and Palm Springs are no longer around. That lifestyle is gone. The smoking and drinking and chasing women are no longer tolerated, and fitness dictates the eating habits of today's celebrities. The kind of loose unaccounted cash which was spent in those days is no longer available due to computerization and tax enforcement. Discreet affairs are no longer discreet in a world when any waiter can record a video with a hidden device and sell it to the tabloids. Hotel employees can no longer be bribed to facilitate drugs and prostitution as a single complaint could put many people in jail today. Socially also, the implied class hierarchy of those days is gone.

 

[Steady Eddy]

Yeah but in general the glamour days of Golden Hollywood are gone. The people who used to hang out in Southern California in places like La Jolla and Palm Springs are no longer around. That lifestyle is gone. The smoking and drinking and chasing women are no longer tolerated, and fitness dictates the eating habits of today's celebrities. The kind of loose unaccounted cash which was spent in those days is no longer available due to computerization and tax enforcement. Discreet affairs are no longer discreet in a world when any waiter can record a video with a hidden device and sell it to the tabloids. Hotel employees can no longer be bribed to facilitate drugs and prostitution as a single complaint could put many people in jail today. Socially also, the implied class hierarchy of those days is gone.

……..

 

[Turbo-87]

My peak years were 33-present. I was at my best physically, emotionally and financially. I will be sad if I trend downwards.

 

[Northern]

I would guess 79 or 83 in Western Europe and the US, 89 in Japan, and 67 or 71 elsewhere.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Looking back; I have to say 15 to 25 age category! You have no worries and are pretty much not tied down with career ambitions, finding a mate, finances, etc... You can pretty much did as you like! Chasing young girls is acceptable even if you offend them, at least in my era! Getting drunk and stone was great! Parties were the norm. Staying up all night and sleep during the days in Miami was so surreal! People did not care since you were “young”! It was acceptable to be sort of wild in behavior and crazy as a young person! Found out that girls love the crazy, outrageous behaviors, they find it a turn on! LOL! I guessing this turned into to the “bad boy” motif later on in the 1990s culture or was it earlier in the 1950s with Marlon Brando/James Dean!

 

[BeatlesFan]

Your financial and societal prime is your 50s. Your more or less making the most money you ever will, your established in whatever your doing...

Actually, if you did it right, you can be retired in your early 50's. Many people are retired by age 50 and are still young enough to do whatever you want to do for the remainder of your life. Put everything you can into Mutual Funds and Roth IRA in your 20's, 30's and 40's and you can do it, especially if you don't have kids.

 

[er4claw]

Looking back; I have to say 15 to 25 age category! You have no worries and are pretty much not tied down with career ambitions, finding a mate, finances, etc... You can pretty much did as you like! Chasing young girls is acceptable even if you offend them, at least in my era! Getting drunk and stone was great! Parties were the norm. Staying up all night and sleep during the days in Miami was so surreal! People did not care since you where “young”! It was acceptable to be sort of wild in behavior and crazy! Found out that girls love the crazy, outrageous behaviors, they find it a turn on! LOL! I guessing this turned into to the “bad boy” later on!

Interesting that you group those ages together, I considered the highschool years completely different from early 20s. Highschool years are responsibility free and the only thing you have to do is go to school which is easy. No one expects you to have a great job and plenty of people don't work. I would go fishing and hiking almost everday after HS, campfires at night. Early 20s is much more stressful. Most people are underemployed, they don't know what career they will be doing, a lot of doubt and uncertainty for most people at this stage. Plus a lot of people taking on debt from college which isn't the golden ticket everyone claims it is.

I don't get this experience with women. Where I'm from girls (20s) don't want anything to do with you unless your driving a new truck and have a good job like dentist. I'd think being 30 and being more established would work better.

 

[kramer woodie]

Yeah but in general the glamour days of Golden Hollywood are gone. The people who used to hang out in Southern California in places like La Jolla and Palm Springs are no longer around. That lifestyle is gone. The smoking and drinking and chasing women are no longer tolerated, and fitness dictates the eating habits of today's celebrities. The kind of loose unaccounted cash which was spent in those days is no longer available due to computerization and tax enforcement. Discreet affairs are no longer discreet in a world when any waiter can record a video with a hidden device and sell it to the tabloids. Hotel employees can no longer be bribed to facilitate drugs and prostitution as a single complaint could put many people in jail today. Socially also, the implied class hierarchy of those days is gone.

sureshs

You might be on to something. A funny side note: George of George's at the Cove after fielding all the complaints by women that they had to walk downstairs to use the women's restroom, came up with an ingenious solution. In the bar area was only one restroom for men only. So, George with
witty humor put a unisex sign on the door. He was always way ahead of the masses and today he fits right in, decide what sex you "at the moment identify as", use any bathroom you want.

As for Hollywood, Cliff Robertson was one of the most honest and helpful people I had the privilege to be on speaking terms with. Now there were
others like Andrew Cunanan, a David Copley acquaintance, J David Dominelli, Nancy Hoover, Michael Milken (the junk bond swindler), and Allen Glick of the Argent Corp., who was portrayed as the mobs front man "Mr. Green" in the movie Casino. A great cast of interesting characters along with some very nice people.

As for women, well, it was called the Gold Coast, because just about every secretary, hairdresser, receptionist, etc., that was good looking, and on the prowl, dressed to the nines looking for Mr. Goldbar.

As for things have changed, well all I can say is "the more things change, the more they stay the same". Your post was really very funny!

Aloha

 

[Harry_Wild]

Interesting that you group those ages together, I considered the highschool years completely different from early 20s. Highschool years are responsibility free and the only thing you have to do is go to school which is easy. No one expects you to have a great job and plenty of people don't work. I would go fishing and hiking almost everday after HS, campfires at night. Early 20s is much more stressful. Most people are underemployed, they don't know what career they will be doing, a lot of doubt and uncertainty for most people at this stage. Plus a lot of people taking on debt from college which isn't the golden ticket everyone claims it is.

I don't get this experience with women. Where I'm from girls (20s) don't want anything to do with you unless your driving a new truck and have a good job like dentist. I'd think being 30 and being more established would work better.

After college I delay my career ambitions for a year or two not sure now and just went partying around the U.S. Miami was the city that was then the party capital of the U.S. along with L.A. On the ladies in the 20s; you just have to find the ladies that are from wealthy families that does not care about dating guys with money. Mind you, they will not marry a guy that does not have tons of money but they will date you for fun. There are lot of babes that are very well off because their family is well off too! They usually are Ivy gals and you can tell by their finishing school walk and how they act in introducing themselves. They too just want to live for the moment!

 

[er4claw]

After college I delay my career ambitions for a year or two not sure now and just went partying around the U.S. Miami was the city that was then the party capital of the U.S. along with L.A. On the ladies in the 20s; you just have to find the ladies that are from wealthy families that does not care about dating guys with money. Mind you, they will not marry a guy that does not have tons of money but they will date you for fun. There are lot of babes that are very well off because their family is well off too! They usually are Ivy gals and you can tell by their finishing school walk and how they act in introducing themselves. They too just want to live for the moment!

The only young women that I live by are from a college thats nearby. They all think they are really something because they go to college. If your not some Adonis, just a regular guy no school, they don't want anything to do with you unless your picking them up in a brand new truck.

 

[Chadalina]

Depends on what your doing.

Physical early with wisdom later. That is the balance, we arent allowed to have both.