Should You Workout When You’re Sick?

I was just reminded today about the importance of rest and recovery in relation to lasting health and fitness. How? Well, I came down with a cold just the other day.

Now, you’re not going to find too many fitness experts telling
you that they’ve got a cold…many of them are too scared to admit this to their students and readers since they want to appear as the picture of health and fitness.

But the reality is, it doesn’t matter how healthy or fit you are, if you let your immune system get run down, you’ll be susceptible to picking up a cold or some other type of virus.

Now, I know the value of quality rest and sleep in creating fast weight loss and getting and staying lean, strong, and healthy more than most, but I still fall into the trap of working too much and not giving my body the rest it needs. But there is one thing I’m not going to do and you should never do either when you’re sick…

Workout! When your body is sick, you need to let it use 100 percent of it’s resources to get you healthy as fast as possible. If you go ahead and continue with workouts or any other strenuous activity you’re only delaying the recovery process.

Now, I know this is hard for a lot of people who have adopted the habit of regular weekly workouts…it can be like ‘losing your right arm’.But if you don’t, you’ll end up doubling or tripling your recovery time, and your workout results will be less than stellar. Why? Your body will be trying to recover from the virus and won’t be able to give much of its resources to recovering from your workouts.

So, now you know…when you come down with a cold, flu, whatever it is, don’t do it. Don’t workout. The body has amazing recuperative powers, but if you don’t let them go to work, you’re going to be just sick about it.


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