早期的上个月，我没有为几天夫妇好感觉。 有喉咙痛和咳嗽。 但，我想知道我是否应该推挤自己抽铁。 刚才，设法捉住一次有趣的交谈与一位经验丰富的个人教练员。
这什么我学会了：
- 首先， 区分寒冷和流感之间.
- 流感是病毒造成的传染。 您通常有连续鼻子、喉咙痛、高烧、身体疼痛和缺乏能量。
- 寒冷，另一方面，是较不严肃的。 它的症状包括连续鼻子，喉咙痛，咳嗽，某一疲倦和低档热病。
- 其次，一种好概测法总是 “脖子检查”.
- 如果您的症状是 在脖子之下关节痛说高烧、胸口壅塞、肌肉和，如被体验在流感，您 不应该行使 直到您恢复。 为什么？ 训练在这个情况不会给您任何任何真正的训练作用，因此您浪费时间和能量。 实际上，它也许恶化您的病症。 坏传染可能把变成肺炎(一个或两个肺变得红色和圆鼓和用液体填装)的病魔。 行使以热病可能造成您的体温上升更高。 当您的体温高时，体液被减少，因而增加失水的风险。
- 如果您的症状是全部 在脖子之上更可能有寒冷，您 只要您的身体可能采取它，能仍然训练. 然而，准备您也许感到糟糕在您的锻炼的之前及之后。 一种轻的锻炼也许帮助您更好感觉。 然而，请注意行使不会帮助您得到更好更加快速。 不，您不能“冒汗”寒冷。
虽然Mun总鼓励了行使的您，但不感觉坏，如果您不能如此做，当您病时。 如果您告假休息，它不是世界的末端。 错过一个星期锻炼不会极大恶化您的健身水平。 信任我，您不必须重新开始。 体操大厦不会跑掉。
实际上， 当我们在天气之下，我们应该很好吃，饮料水，休息 并且不做吃力体育活动避免极端疲劳。 当我们病时，我们的肌肉不运转，但是我们的免疫系统艰苦运作。 即使您得寒冷和仍然决定跑或循环，如果您不好感觉，停止立刻行使并且休息。 Do not keep pushing yourself for the wrong reason. Also, if you are infected by virus, do not go to gym. No body will come up to you and say thank you for sharing your infection.
Hopefully, this above and below the “neck rule” will help you to decide whether you should exercise. However, always listen to your body. In fact, we should exercise to stay healthy before we get sick and not only wait till we have cold then only we want to exercise. Don’t you think so?
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mumsgather // Aug 26, 2008 at 10:36 am
Thanks for the info. I was wondering about this myself as I’ve been having a cough for the past 3 weeks.
Angie Tan // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:17 pm
I tried to work out once when I was just having a cold. Because I didn’t take a very hot shower after that, I caught the flu.
Anyway, I noticed that after I get either the cold or flu, my chest feels rather congested and I can’t seem to have enough lung capacity to exercise at the level I was before. It can be a bit frustrating but we must remember that our body needs to recover.
Yes, nobody likes to work out with someone who is coughing or sneezing beside them. ;)
Yoga Lover // Aug 26, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Thanks for the info as I was wondering about this question for quite some time. I went for a pilates class when I got cold. As a result it made me worse and got to visit the doctor at last. I was warned by elderly that not suppose to do any exercise when get cold or flu.
mang0 // Aug 26, 2008 at 3:03 pm
My yoga teacher has also told us not to exercise when we are sick.
Anyway, I’m not that “hardworking” to think of exercising when I’m sick. Lots of rest and lots of water is the best medicine.
Lisan // Aug 26, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Thanks for the information! Otherwise I’ll continue my mistake forever. I always thought exercising will make my fever go away as I sweat. Last week I was down with quite a terrible flu, all symtoms mentioned above were significant including a lower, back neck muscle pain. So I thought exercising is a good idea. Naturally my stamina was lousy and feel very tired easily but my fever was gone after I sweated. So I thought that was the end of my fever, heck, but noooo…….it got worst after a few hours! My throat got even drier, neck muscle more painful, even worst fever than before because I feel very cold in normal tempreture. Luckily I went to see the doctor and I recovered the next day. Thank goodness! :-) Now only I know exercise isn’t a good idea when we aren’t feeling well.
Tom Parker // Aug 27, 2008 at 7:17 am
Good post Mun. You have got it spot on when you say “Missing a week of workout will not deteriorate your fitness level significantly”. In fact I usually take a week off from the gym every 8 weeks or so just to give my body a rest, regardless of whether I am ill or not. I think it’s good to have a rest period a few times a year just to let your body fully recharge.
Ava Semerau // Aug 27, 2008 at 9:41 am
Good information. I’m in training for a half-marathon - my first real running adventure - and I’m like sponge when it comes to what to do and not to do. Seems over the years, I’ve forgotten how to listen to my body - imagine that! Thanks.
foongpc // Aug 27, 2008 at 11:47 am
Excellent post! I have attempted to work out with a flu once and after that, my flu got much worse and I was sick for more than 2 weeks!
Lesson learnt : Never do any intensive workouts when sick and especially at the early stage of sickness for 2 reasons.
Reason 1 - our immune system already weakened from the sickness will have a uphill task of fighting the sickness if it’s further weakened by intensive exercise.
Reason 2 - it’s bad on our part to spread virus in the gym. Flu virus spread easier by touch more than by air, so if you don’t wipe all those machines you touched with a disinfectant, you will very likely pass to others. And since most people’s immune system are temporarily weakened during their workout in the gym, they stand a high chance of getting the flu.