This challenge made some people do push-ups for the first time in their lives. If they adopt this 30-second rest before they start another set, they may want to quit this challenge because they will not have enough strength to even do up to five push-ups in the second set. If I adopt this strategy, I will not maintain my 50 push-ups in a set because my body will not get enough rest that will allow me to endure pain and still push until I reach 50 push-ups in my second set. Taking enough rest when working out is important for our bodies.
While you are correct, there's only an extent to it. Too much rest too isn't good at all for work out breaks. Consider this, taking breathers for more than 90 seconds tend to leave you a bit tired as fatigue builds up during that break, and constant breaks Ike those beats the whole essence of training as the target muscles relax for too long. It's like, let's say rubber. An elastic, pulling consistently for a period of time tends to stretch it better than pulling and having long breaks. To hit the elastic limit, before the elastic material reverts to it's original size, you stretch it further. Delete elastic, and rubber and fill with muscles and it makes so much sense. Long breaks between sets aren't advisable. Instead, do sets that you can keep up with when all the breaks you'd be getting is
at most 90 seconds.
Actively engaging the muscles is the whole idea, and it doesn't matter if you're new or not, that's why work out rolls with discipline, just do according to what you can, and a little further.
So, to that extent, I don't really agree.