Do you work out while sick?

I am fairly certain I have a cold. I took a day off from exercising yesterday, but I am considering a short 3-4 mile run today. I Googled it and received conflicting answers from various medical and running websites. Therefore, I'm choosing to believe the answer that I want to hear, which recommends a light work out.

Do you work out while mildly sick? If so, what do you do? (Of course a gym work out should be avoided, because you don't want to be an idiot and infect others by coughing on them and sweating your toxic sweat on everything)

Above the neck - yes at lower intensity and duration.

Below the neck - no.

http://home.trainingpeaks.com/blog/article/the-athlete-s-survival-guide-to-the-cold-and-flu-season

I will usually take a day off to rest, and if I'm feeling a little better the next day get back into it, but with less intensity than normal. I find a good sweat actually helps me get better faster.

I am fairly certain I have a cold. I took a day off from exercising yesterday, but I am considering a short 3-4 mile run today. I Googled it and received conflicting answers from various medical and running websites. Therefore, I'm choosing to believe the answer that I want to hear, which recommends a light work out.

Do you work out while mildly sick? If so, what do you do? (Of course a gym work out should be avoided, because you don't want to be an idiot and infect others by coughing on them and sweating your toxic sweat on everything)

Above the neck - yes at lower intensity and duration.

Below the neck - no.

http://home.trainingpeaks.com/blog/article/the-athlete-s-survival-guide-to-the-cold-and-flu-season

This! Cold/stuffy nose/headache, I go anyways. Deep chest cough, bronchitis, upset stomach - I rest.

Once my fever broke and I had a day to rest up this week, I resumed my workouts. It sucks working out when you're congested, but such is life.

If I have a cold yes, but if I have a high fever and I can barely get out of bed, HELL NO!

It all depends how I am feeling. If I feel up for it I go for it. If not I stay in bed and watch true crime shows. Either way is a win for me.

For colds, yes, I do. I like to sweat that virus out. If I have a cough, I find my coughing generally stops while running, but I pay for it when I'm done because I'll cough for a good 15 minutes. I do think it helps me recover faster when I exercise. If I had the flu or something, then heck no!

Working out can help subside the feelings of a cold. I don't mind sharing my infection with the world for the reason that it's bad enough as it is. there's always sick people in there just like you, people cutting themselves and or tearing pinched skin on weight bars and rubbing a drop of blood or two into the equipment, as well as half the population that I notice go to the urinal or toilet stall than walk straight back out onto the gym floor. Disgusting.

I find that once you pick up a little sweat action. suddenly the aches, and chills subside. That being the number one reason to actually workout with a cold. don't get me wrong because if you actually have a temperature, possibly the flu virus. than please stay in bed and put good stuff into your body. A raised body tempeture from a fever is the body's defensive method of fighting off infection by creating an intolerable environment on the virus/bacteria. Perhaps this is the reason working out actually helps fairly well.

I've had this discussion with co workers in the past and we all agree it helps boost the immune and brings you back to life for even up to at least 4 hours post workout.

*this is all from experience, personal research, and medical journals. I AM NOT a trainer/nutritionist/dietician/physician*