Diet and Exercise Planning: Should I Exercise When I Am Ill?
Learn more about today’s diet and exercise planning tip: exercising when ill.
Should you workout if you are sick? Some may say to sweat out your cold, but should you workout when you are ill (cardio, weightlifting or both)? What should you do?
It may be difficult to break progress by having an extended break from your workouts. But if you are truly ill, then your body needs time to recuperate from the illness. If you do not let the body recover, this can mean a long recovery period.
Some of us are exercise fanatics. So if you insist, do not workout if you have a fever. Try not to workout if you feel nauseous. Do not workout if you are contagious and use a public gym. If you do workout, make sure this is a mild cold. This means that after a couple of days, you are over the worst of it.
If you bring your illness to the gym, you risk infecting those that work and exercise there. Not only that but the recovery period can be exceptionally long. When you are ill, take it as a sign to let the body heal.
If you are recovering from a mild cold, you could probably do light cardio (non intense). This may help you clear your passages. However, do not do any intense exercise.
If you insist on lifting weights with a mild cold, light intensity is also used here. Research has shown that doing cardio when you have a cold has the greatest benefits. Weight training has not had the same effect. But if you over do it, you will just prolong your illness.
by Kristy Haugen
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