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Working out with a cold

whmscll
whmscll Posts: 2,255 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Interesting article on this from the LA Times:
http://lat.ms/1R9Z4AE

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  • CodyQuinlan
    CodyQuinlan Posts: 38 Member
    Virus no way haha, I workout when I have respiratory type infections I found light cardio actually gets me better faster
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    I think most runners have been familiar with the "above the neck" rule for years........whatever you do, don't go to the gym when you're sick. Spreading your contagion is not the sharing thing to do! :D
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    BrianSharpe wrote: »
    I think most runners have been familiar with the "above the neck" rule for years........whatever you do, don't go to the gym when you're sick. Spreading your contagion is not the sharing thing to do! :D

    +1 Gyms are already germ incubators without openly sick people coming in.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I'm a cyclist and I've always followed the above the neck rule. A little head cold or case of the sniffles is one thing...a full blown respiratory infection is another and all exercise is going to do is prolong the illness.

    And I agree with the above...for *kitten* sake, stay out of the gym.
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