Do you work out when you are sick?

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  • hamlet1222
    hamlet1222 Posts: 459 Member
    Got a cold myself now, I didn't feel quite right in Sunday but went ahead and did my full body weights routine anyway - I'm wondering now if it's what pushed me over the edge - would my immune system have brushed it off if I hadn't done that workout? Impossible to know, but I definitely won't do weights again unless I feel 100%. As for exercising when sick - I don't think there's anything to gain from it, but lots to lose. Take the time you need to recover
  • kwitherspoon19
    kwitherspoon19 Posts: 68 Member
    cdudley628 wrote: »
    ToM to me isn't being "sick." Sure you might not feel well, but exercise usually helps relieve my cramps and take my mind off of being miserable.

    Definitely agree on this, I feel awful if I don't exercise during ToM
  • RobynLB83
    RobynLB83 Posts: 626 Member
    Yes... And apparently I've had pneumonia for over a month now...
  • MarlyIc1
    MarlyIc1 Posts: 39 Member
    No way, putting extra stress on your already fragile immune system won't do you good. Your body won't be able to utilise your workout properly because it is fighting and focusing to get you better, so its like torturing yourself for nothing. Same goes when you have alcohol in your system, your body works overtime to get the toxins out, workout benefits during this time would be minimal if any.
  • WingardiumLeviosa91
    WingardiumLeviosa91 Posts: 296 Member
    Thanks everybody. I was way too weak to workout anyway, couldn't leave bed for 4 days. I also missed a quiz because I couldn't even go to school. I shouldn't feel guilty then for not working out for some time.
  • kuroshii
    kuroshii Posts: 168 Member
    Yikes! Yeah, your body did a good enough job of telling you NO WORKOUT TODAY there while it fought whatever it is. Hope you're at least on the mend now. Also hope you can make up that quiz somehow. Feel better soon!
  • GETU1N
    GETU1N Posts: 1,811 Member
    Every Damn Day!!!
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    mccindy72 wrote: »
    Any time you have a respiratory illness, you must not exercise. It is too taxing on your body to try to provide enough oxygen for you when your respiratory system is compromised, and to ask it to do more is dangerous.

    This!

    OP, take care of yourself and toss the guilt.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    I work out on time of month and through exhaustion and feeling terrible because I have a chronic illness and hardly ever feel well. Wouldn't go to the gym with a contagious illness or anything like that. I hope you don't as i am on 2 immunosuppressants for an autoimmune disorder and can pick up bugs very easily and become very ill.
  • eboniivoried
    eboniivoried Posts: 34 Member
    For light colds and congestion, I'd still work out even though my workout will be affected (better to do something than nothing!). However, I'd take it easy if I had the flu or something else really nasty.
  • CardiLuxe
    CardiLuxe Posts: 89 Member
    No not really until the very end of my sickness.
    Body needs love! Sleep, fluids and Vitamin C always get me back full throttle within a few days. It's worth it to just take the time.

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