Why does sitting around doing nothing make people more tired while exercising gives people more energy?

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Shouldn’t it be the other way around?

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Sitting around doing nothing is similar to what we do when we’re going to bed. Doing nothing is a great way to conserve energy, if you’re sitting around doing nothing it’s fairly likely you’re in a safe place to rest.

Imagine the body is like a car. Once it gets going and starts to warm up it takes time to cool down after it stops. Our heart rate remains elevated, respirations elevated, we continue dissipating heat, hormones are still flowing through your blood, ect. From an evolutionary perspective it would make sense that we don’t become tired from exercise. In a predator/prey situation it would make very little sense for either the prey to be tired while escaping from danger or the predator to get tired while chasing possible food

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