why do kids never get tired of running around, jumping etc and having fun whereas us adults would get exhausted pretty quickly? Is it because of the mindset only?
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It’s actually their biology
“Children not only have fatigue-resistant muscles, but recover very quickly from high-intensity exercise — even faster than well-trained adult endurance athletes. This is the finding of new research published in open-access journal Frontiers in Physiology, which compared the energy output and post-exercise recovery rates of young boys, untrained adults and endurance athletes. ”
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180424083907.htm
It’s actually their biology
“Children not only have fatigue-resistant muscles, but recover very quickly from high-intensity exercise — even faster than well-trained adult endurance athletes. This is the finding of new research published in open-access journal Frontiers in Physiology, which compared the energy output and post-exercise recovery rates of young boys, untrained adults and endurance athletes. ”
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180424083907.htm
Kids do tire, often suddenly. They might be fitter and lighter, but they tend to hit a wall of exhaustion.
I just carried my 5 year old daughter home from the park less than an hour ago. She went from running to not having the energy to walk.
Kids do tire, often suddenly. They might be fitter and lighter, but they tend to hit a wall of exhaustion.
I just carried my 5 year old daughter home from the park less than an hour ago. She went from running to not having the energy to walk.
They sure get tired easy when you take them grocery shopping or when it’s time to do their chores !
One of my P.E. teachers used to say that “kids didn’t learn to move the wrong way yet” or something along those lines. Pretty much meaning as you get older, you get used to certain ways of doing stuff (eg. how to get up of the ground) in a way less efficient, but maybe a more “dignified” way than a child would, which allows them to regenerate while moving.
They sure get tired easy when you take them grocery shopping or when it’s time to do their chores !
One of my P.E. teachers used to say that “kids didn’t learn to move the wrong way yet” or something along those lines. Pretty much meaning as you get older, you get used to certain ways of doing stuff (eg. how to get up of the ground) in a way less efficient, but maybe a more “dignified” way than a child would, which allows them to regenerate while moving.
Kids take naps and generally sleep a lot more than adults. If you tried to get a kid to do the level of activity that a working adult does (relative to their size) for 8-12 hours straight they’d never get through a shift. Light aerobic exercise for relatively short bursts with no requirement of focus is easy. And kids are designed to do that because it’s how they develop physically and socially at that age. Like Montessori says ‘play is the work of children.’
Kids take naps and generally sleep a lot more than adults. If you tried to get a kid to do the level of activity that a working adult does (relative to their size) for 8-12 hours straight they’d never get through a shift. Light aerobic exercise for relatively short bursts with no requirement of focus is easy. And kids are designed to do that because it’s how they develop physically and socially at that age. Like Montessori says ‘play is the work of children.’
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