How do apes maintain their muscles with barely any rest?

Question

I know the amount of muscles they naturally have is mostly genetically determined, but how do they keep these muscles considering how they barely have any rest in between physical activities? How are their muscles able to repair themselves so quickly?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Apes aren’t as active as you think they are. They spend a lot of their time grazing and lazing in a fairly small area. The troop’s total territory may be multiple square miles but they don’t patrol it daily.