If pain is a mechanism to know when to avoid a behavior/ when something is wrong, why does exercising hurt?
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Exercise doesn’t hurt. Excessive (by your muscle’s standards, not actual health standards) exercise does due to the potential for injury. It’s a way for your body to say “Slow down there, hoss. You’re gonna hurt yourself. We ain’t ready for this much work”. Exceeding what your body is currently capable of is going to send warnings (pain).
Again, this is based on your body’s internal “limiter”, not what your body can do and recover from in reality
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