Skydiving and the body

[bkoch 0]

I guess this is a similar question as the one the lady posed about adrenaline and the body. But last night in my grad school psych class the professor was talking about the body and how adrenaline effects it, yet sort of went on to the next subject before elaborating. My girlfriend is in the class and asked me if I thought skydiving a lot aged the body prematurely. It got me wondering...

So, for those who have been around the sport, or just have an opinion. I'd like to know what you think -
Does skydiving age the body prematurely? Or does it keep you young? What have you observed?

Brad

[IanHarrop 37]

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So, for those who have been around the sport, or just have an opinion. I'd like to know what you think - Does skydiving age the body prematurely? Or does it keep you young? What have you observed?

I took a 16 year break from skydiving and came back at age 47. I am having the time of my life and swear it makes me "feel" younger.

As for aging the body prematurely, I can assure you that the great bulk of injuries I've sustained over the years have occurred skiing and not skydiving. So from my perspective, skiing makes the body age much worse than skydiving!

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

[bkoch 0]

I agree with you on that one. I went snowboarding at the end of February for the last time. I bit it hard and my back hurt for two weeks. Glad the pain is gone there. This past Saturday I went scrambling and climbing rocks on a hike and fell ten feet, my knees still hurt.
The worse thing I've felt skydiving was one time when I landed with my legs stiff instead of bent, and that tweaked them a bit, but nothing like the ten foot fall...

God I love skydiving.
Brad

[kelpdiver 2]

I have some trouble believing that our exposure time is great enough to be at all significant. 50 hours a year? Contrast that with someone who lives in Bahdad or Tel Aviv.

[jeffmullins 0]

I have been jumping for almost 8 years now and over half of my life and I haven't aged prematurely.

[Dougiefresh 0]

It's the alcohol afterwards that does the damage.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams

[bob.dino 0]

Being outdoors all day in an Australian summer doesn't help either...

[sirenoremac 0]

Lol! Let's hear it for REALLY young skydivers! Heck, I've been jumpng for close to three years, and I dont look a day over sixteen

Eric Cameron