Do you work out when you're sick?

i tried working out while sick, didn't really help and i've felt pretty achy so not feeling like a workout till i get better so no. Still managed to lose 2 pounds this week while sick so maybe the rest did some good LOL!!!

If I'm really not feeling up to it or if I'm congested I just try to move (cleaning, go for a walk, etc), not workout. I'm miserable during and after the workout if I push like that.

There's a trap here. I've seen a bunch of people say I'm just gonna take a few days off and get better and then start again on the infamous Monday. And just like the Monday everybody starts to diet on, it never comes, and they wind up taking many many weeks of .

If you're gonna take a day or 2 off to rest then that's totally fine. Just make d@mn sure you start back up when you feel better. If there's any chance your few days might become a few months then just keep going. You don't have to do a full work out, or even give it your all, but do something. Keeping the habit going is more important in my opinion than giving your body a rest.

I usually feel better after exercising so I'll usually do something light. I have noticed that since I've been eating better and exercising I rarely get sick now. :-)

You have to listen to your body. I recently started a bootcamp a few weeks ago when I was in the trenches of bronchitis (which I had already had for 2+ weeks). I also am asthmatic, so it was TOUGH. I relied on the inhaler before the workout and after the workout and I was SO congested. BUT, I do have to say the workouts I think helped clear out the congestion in my head and lungs and get the illness OUT.

I would not have done it if I was running a fever, though. And if I ever felt lightheaded or anything I would have stopped.

There's a trap here. I've seen a bunch of people say I'm just gonna take a few days off and get better and then start again on the infamous Monday. And just like the Monday everybody starts to diet on, it never comes, and they wind up taking many many weeks of .

If you're gonna take a day or 2 off to rest then that's totally fine. Just make d@mn sure you start back up when you feel better. If there's any chance your few days might become a few months then just keep going. You don't have to do a full work out, or even give it your all, but do something. Keeping the habit going is more important in my opinion than giving your body a rest.

I usually feel better after exercising so I'll usually do something light. I have noticed that since I've been eating better and exercising I rarely get sick now. :-)

I completely agree. If you are really, really sick, stay in bed. If you are well enough to be up and around, then do something purposeful during that workout time, even if it's just stretching and maybe some light weights. As you get better, increase intensity until you are where you were. I got sick the last time I was doing good exercising and losing weight, and I took time off, and never went back (3 years.) I think this time if I get sick, I will still go to the Y and, even if all I do is get in the warm pool and stretch, at least I won't lose the rhythm of going 4 times a week.