At what age you lose fitness

[Rupert.H]

Great question and the short answer is if you keep training and using the muscle you have, you will avoid loosing it. Sure the body slows down and more gains will be tougher too see but there is nothing to stop you carrying on.

Here is an article coach Spencer put together a while ago which you may find useful:

From The Coaches: The importance of strength training as we age

There is no doubt that a stronger athlete is a better athlete. Nobody has ever said, “I’d like to be weaker”. Here at SUF, we emphasize both specific strength training on the bike and general strength training off the bike. It’s all about recruiting more muscle fiber to increase performance and improve health status. Beginning around the age of 30, we start losing muscle mass at the rate of 3-8% per decade. Strength training then becomes paramount in lessening the effects of aging and resulting …