Children were much tougher than professional athletes
An international group of scientists conducted a curious experiment that clearly demonstrated that most ordinary children are much tougher professional athletes.
Muscle tissue in children has a unique property, due to which girls and boys get tired more slowly and quickly recover before adolescence.
For anyone, even a perfectly healthy and well-trained adult, the recovery of muscle tissue potential takes 12 times longer.
The results of their research, scientists have published in the journal Frontiers in Physiology.
The essence of the experiment was that two groups of subjects were created: children entered into one group and procession sportsmen into the other.
Electrical impulses of the muscles were measured during exercise. After training, representatives of both groups donated blood for analysis. It turned out that children are much tougher and tired less.
The results of the study, the scientists intend to use in creating new methods for sports medicine.