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And yet professional athletes can train for several hours every day. Sometimes twice. Doing a couple pushups every day won’t kill ya. Being stressed every day

by Swizec 9y ago

And yet professional athletes can train for several hours every day. Sometimes twice. Doing a couple pushups every day won’t kill ya. Being stressed every day however might.

sabas123 9y ago
> And yet professional athletes can train for several hours every day. Sometimes twice. > Doing a couple pushups every day won’t kill ya. Your now comparing a group that is new to an action and one that is trained in it. However I would like to rephrase OP's comment to: As a beginner you should recognize rest is more important than constant training.
amval 9y ago
Professional athletes sleep A LOT, way more than a normal person. The need for rest doesn't exclude them, not at all. Another difference between professional athletes and normal people is the likelihood of being on drugs that improve performance. You can do push ups every day, but it's useless.
- freddie_mercury 9y ago
  > Professional athletes sleep A LOT, way more than a normal person. To elaborate on this... Lebron James and Roger Federer have both said they sleep 12 hours a day. Usain Bolt, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova and Steve Nash sleep up to 10 hours per day. Most NBA players take naps every game day, sometimes for as long as 3 hours. That said, not all pro athletes sleep a ton. Tiger Woods said he only sleeps 5 hours a night, for instance. But it seems pretty clear that most of them are sleeping way more than the average office drone.
  - moccachino 9y ago
    I can believe that. Not to belittle Tiger Woods or anything, but golf is not a sport in the same way that basketball or triathlon is a sport. EDIT: This was poorly worded. Golf is a sport, but I don't know that a professional golfer is an athlete any more than a professional carpenter is an athlete. A professional basketball player is an athlete however.
    - stevenwoo 9y ago
      I've heard it said golf is probably on the high end of athletism of what might be termed skill sports like darts, billards, bowling. Lots of eye hand coordination required, some specific strength/power requirements, no aerobic fitness/reaction time requirement.
rthomas6 9y ago
Professional athletes had to build up to that volume. Training to handle increased volume is real. A beginner can't handle near that amount. Also professional athletes are the best of the best. They are genetic freaks, use drugs to help them recover faster, and devote their lives to their sport.

by Swizec 9y ago

And yet professional athletes can train for several hours every day. Sometimes twice. Doing a couple pushups every day won’t kill ya. Being stressed every day however might.

sabas123 9y ago

> And yet professional athletes can train for several hours every day. Sometimes twice. > Doing a couple pushups every day won’t kill ya. Your now comparing a group that is new to an action and one that is trained in it. However I would like to rephrase OP's comment to: As a beginner you should recognize rest is more important than constant training.

amval 9y ago

Professional athletes sleep A LOT, way more than a normal person. The need for rest doesn't exclude them, not at all. Another difference between professional athletes and normal people is the likelihood of being on drugs that improve performance. You can do push ups every day, but it's useless.

freddie_mercury 9y ago
> Professional athletes sleep A LOT, way more than a normal person. To elaborate on this... Lebron James and Roger Federer have both said they sleep 12 hours a day. Usain Bolt, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova and Steve Nash sleep up to 10 hours per day. Most NBA players take naps every game day, sometimes for as long as 3 hours. That said, not all pro athletes sleep a ton. Tiger Woods said he only sleeps 5 hours a night, for instance. But it seems pretty clear that most of them are sleeping way more than the average office drone.
- moccachino 9y ago
  I can believe that. Not to belittle Tiger Woods or anything, but golf is not a sport in the same way that basketball or triathlon is a sport. EDIT: This was poorly worded. Golf is a sport, but I don't know that a professional golfer is an athlete any more than a professional carpenter is an athlete. A professional basketball player is an athlete however.
  - stevenwoo 9y ago
    I've heard it said golf is probably on the high end of athletism of what might be termed skill sports like darts, billards, bowling. Lots of eye hand coordination required, some specific strength/power requirements, no aerobic fitness/reaction time requirement.

rthomas6 9y ago

Professional athletes had to build up to that volume. Training to handle increased volume is real. A beginner can't handle near that amount. Also professional athletes are the best of the best. They are genetic freaks, use drugs to help them recover faster, and devote their lives to their sport.