Comment by deciplex
10 years ago
Anyone who has gone to the gym after a protracted absence and loss of fitness will have some intuitive understanding of this. Your brain hasn't quite gotten the memo that you're not in the shape you used to be, and it's really easy to over-exert yourself. You feel fine during the workout, then throw up afterward and take much longer to recover.
Very true. I learned this the hard way, in my case I ended up with a stress fracture. My mind was actually refusing to get the memo, even when I started feeling pain.