resting is not the answer, the answer is to build up the training slow enough so your body can adapt and doesn't have "over-use injury "
I hate to say it, but I wholeheartedly disagree with your statement. Rest is integral to an intelligently designed training program. As we age, we'll need to rest more so our bodies can recover.
As you workout, you breakdown your muscles on a cellular level. During rest, those same muscles begin to rebuild themselves. In young children, this happens so fast many can go for weeks and months without rest before it "catches up to them". After a certain age (training dependent), that need to rest comes with smaller workout periods in between. (Rest in this case being a time period greater than or equal to 24 hours between workouts)
That being said I agree with you and am certain you can extend your workout period by slowly stretching your training program. I feel that it will be a diminishing return as a function of age though.
resting is not the answer, the answer is to build up the training slow enough so your body can adapt and doesn't have "over-use injury "
I hate to say it, but I wholeheartedly disagree with your statement. Rest is integral to an intelligently designed training program. As we age, we'll need to rest more so our bodies can recover.
As you workout, you breakdown your muscles on a cellular level. During rest, those same muscles begin to rebuild themselves. In young children, this happens so fast many can go for weeks and months without rest before it "catches up to them". After a certain age (training dependent), that need to rest comes with smaller workout periods in between. (Rest in this case being a time period greater than or equal to 24 hours between workouts)
That being said I agree with you and am certain you can extend your workout period by slowly stretching your training program. I feel that it will be a diminishing return as a function of age though.
