> 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

> 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.