If muscle groups need rest days, how do people do a million pushups every day?

Question

I was always taught you need (usually) atleast 48 hours rest before working out the same major muscle group. Like if I do a whole bunch of push-ups on Monday (12 sets of 20 or so) the next day and even day after I’d be too sore to even attempt 1. So how do people do it? Does it not damage the already worked-out muscles?

In: Biology

Answer 1

More or less. The more you perform an activity, the more active motor neurons your brain recruits, which are what fire when you’re working out. Provided your nutrition is adequate, you’ll build back over what breaks down, with the added benefit of muscle memory that helps the movement feel more natural and automatic (provided you maintain good form and don’t injure yourself)