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Working out and the flu

Tquest
Tquest Posts: 10 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I have been fighting a flu bug for almost 2 weeks. I want to get back into the gym but still have a nasty cough. Thoughts???

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  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    If your body is still working to make you healthy again I wouldn't workout. I also wouldn't go to a gym while sick because you'll either spread more germs or you could pick up something new since your immune system is compromised currently.
  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    My opinion: Don't go to the gym.

    Reasoning:
    • You're not fully recovered.
    • I don't want you coughing your germs all over the equipment I'm going to be using.
  • MonkeyMel21
    MonkeyMel21 Posts: 2,396 Member
    If it's been 2 weeks and it's just that lingering cough then you should not be contagious anymore. I would start back slowly by doing some light cardio to help clear your lungs. I hate that lingering cough. It can last up to 6 weeks for me and there's no way I'm not going to the gym for 6 weeks when I feel fine otherwise.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,103 Member
    Don't go to the gym. Recover. Exercise LOWERS your immunity factor to an extent and that just make recovery longer.

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  • Tquest
    Tquest Posts: 10 Member
    The doctor says I am not contagious. I am just not myself yet.
  • MonkeyMel21
    MonkeyMel21 Posts: 2,396 Member
    Tquest wrote: »
    The doctor says I am not contagious. I am just not myself yet.

    Just go by how you feel then. When I'm at this point in recovery I ease back in to it and definitely don't push myself.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    Tquest wrote: »
    The doctor says I am not contagious. I am just not myself yet.

    If you are still coughing, you can still spread germs. Please do not go tot he gym while still ill.
  • cmtigger
    cmtigger Posts: 1,450 Member
    I go by how I feel. I also let up on restricting calories if I'm recovering.
  • stelly76
    stelly76 Posts: 120 Member
    I'm in a similar boat - not still sick but still recovering. I exercise at home, but don't feel up to doing it again. Any one have any suggestions to slowly get back into exercising? If it were warmer out, I would take short walks.
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