Excersising when feeling ill

SarahSloth342634
SarahSloth342634 Posts: 90 Member
edited 7:28AM in Fitness and Exercise
I've been going to the gym for about 18 months, an hour on average 3 days a week. But if I get the slightest cold or virus I feel absolutely rubbish and don't do gym excersise for days!
How do you all get along with things like this?

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    I've been hitting the gym 5 days a week for about 3 years now. I've been sick this week and have missed 2 of my regularly scheduled days. I'm probably going to make up one of them on Sunday, which is normally a rest day. But I may not. In the grand scheme of things, 2 days is nothing.

  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    depends on what kind of sick i feel...if its in the chest/cold - then rest is what i do, rest and recover; in the head then i'll workout but i'll do at home
  • H_Ock12
    H_Ock12 Posts: 1,152 Member
    My rule is - If I wouldn't want someone on the machine beside me in my shape, I'm not going to subject them to me, so if I feel I'm contagious I stay out of the gym. I keep my outdoor running schedule unless I feel like death (the flu I had last December or my bouts with mono).
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited October 2017
    Well, it's ok to rest and let yourself get better...

    I've had a nasty upper respiratory infection since Monday...I'm significantly better today because I've allowed myself to rest.

    Life happens...you don't have to be all exercise, all the time...when you're sick you should rest...and if you choose not to, stay the frick away from the gym and spreading the nastiness...please, please, please...it's rude.
  • KarenSmith2018
    KarenSmith2018 Posts: 302 Member
    If I can't breathe properly I'll stay away from crossfit and running because my workout won't be productive. Normally it's just a day or two though and I'm back at it.
  • erikfarrar
    erikfarrar Posts: 35 Member
    Take it as good rest and recovery time. You'll feel better, and you won't lose ALL you #gainz in a few days. Take time to roll out muscles at home and/or stretch.

    Also...you'll keep from getting all your nasty germs all over the equipment and getting someone else sick.
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