It doesn't mean the pain have to be experienced all the time! As much as training hard is essential in doing well in any kind of projects such as RAAM, we need to rest hard too!
Training wears down on the muscles of the body and if one continues to push hard, the body eventually will get injured, sickened, and sometimes even burned out.
Resting gives the body a chance to release hormones for muscle recovery along other things. (Men tend to recover faster than women because of their higher testosterone levels. Older people need longer peroids of rest due to their reduced hormone levels with age.)
Resting between workouts is also a pain for especially the over enthusiastic athletes wanting to become fit faster, but it's surely a good type of pain that should be encouraged. (But not overencouraged by more than three days at a time.)
Listen to the body. Sometimes, resting harder is the right call.
(Below is a picture of Cat's cat, called Leo.)
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