Children come with charged batteries, and according to a study published in the journal Frontiers in Physiology , we have reason to be envious. Because children's muscles offer greater resistance to exhaustion than those of adults. And if we compare them with those of triathlon athletes, long distance runners and elite cyclists, there is no doubt: their recovery time is considerably shorter, something apparently against nature.
"In theory, children should do worse, because they have limited cardiovascular capacity, tend to adopt less efficient movement patterns, and need to take more steps to cover the same distance," the research authors explain.
Super muscles
However, nature has compensated for these deficits by endowing them with practically indefatigable muscle tissue. In addition, a boy's racing heart quickly returns to its normal rhythm, and eliminates the lactate that accumulates in his blood during sports, the excess responsible for soreness.
