Peak age for athletes is 27? Think about the various peaks.

【At what age does an athlete peak?】
https://gigazine.net/news/20240801-olympic-athletes-peak-age/

・In a new paper, a research team from the University of Waterloo, Canada, statistically analyzes the age at which track and field athletes reach their peak.

・The “track and field events” studied by the team include short and long distance running, jumping, and throwing.

・The team collected age-specific performance data for all athletes who participated in individual track and field events at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and subsequent Olympics.

・They found that the average age at which track and field athletes have participated in the Olympics has consistently been just under 27 for both men and women over the past 30 years.

・Interestingly, our study also showed that the median peak age of athletes is 27 years old,” he says.

・According to the research team, there was a 44% chance that an athlete’s peak came after the age of 27, and that number declined over the years.

The above is a quote from the article

Think about various peaks

Many athletes are competing in the Paris Olympics.

As I watch the games, I think that the world of competition is both glamorous and cruel.

Winning a medal or not will make a big difference in an athlete’s future life.

And moreover,

This study found that the average peak for athletes is 27 years old (the article also says median, but I wonder which one. Because average and median mean different things).

Although technical and medical developments have increased the length of an athlete’s career, it is still a good thing if an athlete can be active from mid-30 to 40 years of age.

When you think about it, life after retirement is longer than life after active service, so in that aspect, too, athletes have a tough time. (In fact, this is something that is seen as a problem.)

By the way,

The peak age of the body (physical ability) is about 27 years old,

What about intelligence?

【Is Aging Unrelated to Decline in Brain Function? Intelligence improves with experience.】
https://www.adeccogroup.jp/power-of-work/132#:~:text=%

In this article, it is said that the peak of intelligence is reached at an average age of 67.

I am in my 40s, reading this, I am encouraged to think that intelligence can still be raised. ^^

As for the peak of ability,

I remember writing the following on my blog.

【Some ability to peak in their 60s? Peak is not always at age 20. Various abilities that reach their peak at different ages.】
https://amimako.com/philosophy-60age-peak-ability-20age/

【Creativity peaks at an average of 42? 61% of life expectancy? The composer’s end of the spectrum objects to the results of this study!】
https://amimako.com/mathematics-creativity-age-42-study-61percent-life/

Thus, though there are peaks in various abilities, such as physical ability and intelligence,

What is important is to be aware of, grasp, and come to terms with the abilities that are peaking out and falling away, and those that have not yet peaked out and can still be strengthened.

Also, this may be a little different from abilities,

I often hear the following words.

“This moment is the youngest of your life.

I think this phrase is quite important.

Let me rephrase these words in my own way,

When you decide to do something,

At this moment, I have the most energy and strength to do it,

(I have the most time, energy, and strength to accomplish what I set out to do, and I have the most time left in my life at this moment.

(I have the most time, energy, and strength to do what I want to do at this very moment.)

In other words, we have the most time, energy, and strength to do what we want to do.

In other words, the peak of time, energy, and physical strength is right now, at this very moment.

This is a bit long-winded, isn’t it?

Peak of ability, peak of time, peak of strength and energy.

I have been thinking a lot about peaks.

See you then

When you are young, in your teens and twenties, it is still fine, but once you reach a certain age, I think it is very important to be aware of what is decreasing and what can be increased.