Impending illness - soldier on or rest up?

BerryH
BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
All the signs point to me imminently coming down with a cold - achy body, headache, heavy pre-cough feeling in my lungs etc. If it's inevitable anyhow, should I soldier on and squeeze out one more exercise session tonight before I feel too bad (and you never know, it may never develop!) or rest up and hope to recuperate sooner?

Decide for me MFP!

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  • stubbysticks
    stubbysticks Posts: 1,275 Member
    Well I'm just coming out on the other side of the crud myself & I didn't pressure myself to stick to my schedule. Staying out of the gym is a given so the strength training has been on hold, but I did feel well enough to get out for a short run the other night. It was very slow & I didn't push myself to meet any particular speed or distance, I just decided I'd do 30 min so I took off, then at 15 min turned around & came back.

    It might be better to take a complete break from exercise if you can, but I was getting antsy so I had to get out & do SOMETHING. If you do, just take it easy & keep the intensity low. To me a "crappy" workout is better than none at all & it was enough to keep me from feeling like I wasn't doing everything I should.
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    All the signs point to me imminently coming down with a cold - achy body, headache, heavy per-cough feeling in my lungs etc. If it's inevitable anyhow, should I soldier on and squeeze out one more exercise session tonight before I feel too bad (and you never know, it may never develop!) or rest up and hope to recuperate sooner?

    Decide for me MFP!

    Absolutely rest.
  • cweiler4
    cweiler4 Posts: 374 Member
    Definitely rest up!!

    I continued to workout and still battle my cough, cold and achiness and it only made it worse. I ended up on an inhaler, a z-pack and 2 other prescription meds.

    Get better then start back up again!! Take care of yourself!! :wink:
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    I had the same thing happen this summer and already had a run planned. I did the run anyway because while I was feeling the sore throat and aches coming on, I knew that in a day or so I wouldn't be able to breathe well so running would be even more out of the question. My vote is to exercise tonight and play the next few days by ear. I don't like to work out hard when I have respiratory congestion and coughing but you may find it doesn't bother you so much.
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Thank you for all your opinions, I think a rest would do me good.

    And your stories reminded me of my only marathon to date, which I didn't think about until now. I couldn't back out as I had a commitment to a charity. I was coughing up blood (from raw sinuses, nothing scary!) and only took my arm out of a sling long enough for the race (I'd torn the tendons in a nasty fall while training) I battled on to finish slower than I could normally have walked it!

    The moral of this story - I have been reminded that sometimes a rest does far more good than soldiering on through training!
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    I am no exercise fiend, but it sounds like I feel the same as you. I am going home, getting a glass of wine, eating whatever I actually feel like eating and watching the Children In Need concert with my feet up.

    If we feel better tomorrow I promise I'll run a few paces for you when I'm out with the dogs :wink:
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    I am no exercise fiend, but it sounds like I feel the same as you. I am going home, getting a glass of wine, eating whatever I actually feel like eating and watching the Children In Need concert with my feet up.

    If we feel better tomorrow I promise I'll run a few paces for you when I'm out with the dogs :wink:
    :laugh: It's a deal :smile:
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    I am no exercise fiend, but it sounds like I feel the same as you. I am going home, getting a glass of wine, eating whatever I actually feel like eating and watching the Children In Need concert with my feet up.

    If we feel better tomorrow I promise I'll run a few paces for you when I'm out with the dogs :wink:
    :laugh: It's a deal :smile:

    *shakes on it*
  • morenita71
    morenita71 Posts: 137 Member
    damn it, me too - heavy head and eyes and feeling shattered. Got 14 back to back appointments tomorrow with my students and still got 6 essays to mark...need to have clear head though - there may be tears...
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