In order to improve your fitness there is two biochemical processes that will need to be used; catabolism and anabolism. Catabolism is a breakdown of cells produced by stress while exercising. Anabolism is the process in witch the cells adapt and grow stronger with the stress applied while exercising. Improving your fitness requires the process above two to be balanced.
In simple terms, while you exercise your body's cells experience a breakdown, then your body starts rebuilding the cells at a higher level to cope with the stress applied while training, is the way that the body adapts so it can respond better if that type of stress is applied again.
After a good riding workout the body experiences a drop in fitness, usually from 24 to 48 hours depending on the intensity of the workout as well as other factors. After the cells adapt to higher stress levels, an increase in fitness will result.
Balance is the key:
The key here is "balance" if training really hard or too much without allowing the body to recover and rebuild itself, will result in a decrease in fitness, or even worst an overtraining condition may appear. In the other hand if not enough stress is achieved during riding then fitness will not improve. So a balance between riding and recovering must reached.
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