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Who would win a fight: the 18 year old you or the 40 year old you?
40 year old me by a wiiiiiiiide margin. Just look at the Tale of The Tape:
RECORD: 18 year old - 22-1; 40 year old 75-1
WEIGHT: 18 year old - 147; 40 year old - 176 lbs
FIGHTING STYLE: 18 year old - Boxing/Muay Thai/Street scrapping; 40 year old - same plus wing chun, Kenpo, Silat, taichi.
INTANGIBLES: 18 year old - young, energetic, speed; 40 year old - wise, better strength, better stamina, more measured/calculating fighting style.
Its not even close. My 40 year old self is like one of those bada$$ long white haired bearded kung fu masters you see in the Kung Fu movies. My 18 year old is like the impetuous student who thinks he can beat the great old master.
18 years old was an on and off runner headed to college.
Mid 20's - Powerlifter (overall winner every meet (for gender))
30's on up - bodybuilder/fitness (National level) runner (no level - am not a fast runner)
After 3 achilles surgeries and torn rotators (work out now to be healthy and fit), I would raise the white flag to the 18 year old self.
18 year old me was into Tang Soo Do and watched way too many Kung Fu movies. 40 year old me was a former infantry Marine who was a Judoka for 6 years. Old me would wipe the floor with 18 year old me.
My 18 year old self probably wouldn't fight, he'd be incredulous that 40 year old him hardly skis at all. Doesn't own a Porsche and has...kids.
It would probably end up in a slap-boxing fight, followed by both of versions of us chasing each other around in circles due to no actual fighting skill. The way I see it, you could get slimmed down and toned up all you want. But unless you're willing to also take some sort of fighting instruction as well, the fighting would be laughable.
First, I was in better shape at 40 (And 50, for that matter) than I was at 18. Plus I have forty extra pounds.
Second, I'm more self-confident in those situations.
Third, I don't mind pain as much.
I know this because my 17-year-old and I got into an argument a couple of years ago. Mind you, he has three inches of height on me. He was so angry that he took a swing on me. I blocked his swing, stepped into him, and laid him flat on the floor without ever striking back. I pinned him and said, "Are we done?" To which he glared back and said, "Yeah." The whole thing took literally two seconds.
We never spoke about it until last year, when he brought that incident. He just said, "Man, I didn't think you were capable of that. I'm never messing with you again." We both just laughed about it.
already did this when I was 18, at least the guy looked like I think I would have...
he was all rich and smarmy looking, sitting at a picnic bench with his family enjoying ice cream cones when out of nowhere I walloped him upside the head and down he went. Always try and get the first punch in. His (my) wife kinda gave me a look that made me uncomfortable so I ran away. Only now do I realize that she really dug me.
Now I keep my head on a swivel in case I try sneaking up on me again, just to prove a point...
So you basically ambushed a guy minding his own business because you didn't like how he looked? That's not exactly a fight, you know.
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