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60 is not "just as arbitrary as 40". The human body has very real constraints.


You're begging the question, how does 60, 40, 50 w/e figure into those constraints? And the more important question, because there's going to be variability how do you end up a meaningful number?

To me, this sounds similar to the question - How much weight can you lift? Almost everyone can increase the amount of weight that they can lift. But physical, genetic reasons will force some upper bound on the progression.




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