Should you exercise when sick? When can you go back to exercise after being sick?

When is it safe to exercise after the flu or COVID?

So, you may or may not have been exercising prior to getting sick. It seems like everybody's coming down with the cold, the flu, potentially COVID or some derivative of all of the above these days, and it's hitting us hard especially if you were in any of the lockdown places, or if you've suddenly gone overseas or been in contact with someone who's been overseas. All of a sudden, all of these illnesses have kind of manifested to one that really knocks us off our feet. And we're getting sick in a

Well, this is a question I get asked all the time. And I thought that I would put it out there on my blog to see if I can help a few more people with the answer. Okay, so there are a few considerations to take in.

1. Are you actually still sick? Like if you have all of the symptoms of being still sick and you just really want to get into the gym? I'm sorry, that's a little bit inconsiderate to go into the gym, and your body's actually still fighting through whatever it is that's going on, be it the flu or some sort of manifest of flu cold virus thing. So if you're still sick, do not head to the gym.

If your symptoms are very mild, and they're ones that you know you've cleared up the majority of being sick, your energy levels have spiked up a little bit and it's been two weeks and you're just ready to get out of the house. If your symptoms are above the neck, so you don't have a chesty cough, like a cough with a whole lot of girth to it. And you're just a little bit sniffly. This is one that you can proceed with caution you will get quite lightheaded as you're working out and you may want to

your illness is below the chest

if you've got quite a chesty cough

if you've got a sore throat

if your ears are blocked, these sorts of things.

It's best not to exercise because there are some times that by providing exertion you can actually put a lot of pressure on your immune system but on your body and on your heart especially especially if it's a virus.

So when people do this through things, in some cases, they can actually cause themselves to have really quite bad heart problems when they return to exercise too quickly. And these can be ones that are longer to recover from than just the cold or the flu. So taking an extra couple of days can sometimes be really quite beneficial. On top of that, remember, you've got to be able to leave enough energy in the tank to be able to recover from whatever it is that's making its way through your immune s