Does Anyone Train When They Have A Cold?

[macdog]

As topic states,

who trains when they have a cold?

Or do you just take a break?

discuss.

[Trozzle]

This has come up before, though not really a big discussion. Personally, it depends how bad the cold is. I don't really get nasty symptoms, just drowsiness and a stuffed nose. If this is the case, I'll still go but will FAR from push normal weight/reps. Just take it easy, since ultimately you want to get well ASAP and a combination of strenuous exercise and being in an unhygienic environment like a gym is no way to go about it.

If I feel like a bag of shit, I won't go. I don't like not going, but hey it's necessary.

[Mitcho_7]

Most of the time you won't be able to maintain your usual intensity when you're sick. My rule of thumb is if my symptoms are above the neck then I'll probably still do some stuff. Once I start I re evaluate that depending on how I feel midway through.

[Trozzle]

Inb4 Tolga "Squats cure colds"

[macdog]

I like it.

good points.

[R31Nismoid]

Depends if it affects recovery time or not.

Some people recover from most common colds in 2 days or so and can still train. Where others might train and then the cold will linger for 4 days or even get worse.

Comes down to the situation I guess?

IMO the harder part would be the eating, I know if I get ill then my appetite totally disappears.

[TTT]

Actually, squats while you have a cold f**ks you up completely..

lol

I won't train if I have a cold.

If it's just a little sniffle where you have a slight sore throat and runny/blocked nose, then yes.. Squats cures this.

but if you have a proper cold/flu where you have aches all over, then training just extends the time that you feel that way.

[Birds]

Unless I'm nauseous/dizzy/bedridden, I do the "first exercise, first set" test. If I get through the first exercise alright, I do the rest of the workout. If I bomb, I head home.

Most of the time I get through it alright though, and have even set personal bests while sick. The consequences of pushing the body when it's down have often been less for me than skipping a workout and having to struggle hard next time. The bad symptoms of basic colds never last me more than 48 hours anyway.

[JEPPE]

Yeah, I had multiple times over the first month of gym where I was almost having a cold and constantly woke up with swollen glands that carried on for half the day. Just pressed through it and it eventually went away, was considering taking a break. If I can get to the gym I'll go, then monitor from the exercise how I feel.

[GTR-N1]

When I played Pennants Squash and sensed a cold coming on, I could run it off.

If the cold had set in, I'd feel worse if I exerted myself.

I haven't had a flu since '82, so I assume I'd only spread it around if I tried to push it > feel like sh!t. Even pro footballers put their feet up if afflicted by flu.

[NickR33]

If you have a cold stay out of whatever fckn gym I'm at... last thing everyone needs is you putting your germy hands all over the equipment

[L33SH]

If you have a cold stay out of whatever fckn gym I'm at... last thing everyone needs is you putting your germy hands all over the equipment

This

[JEPPE]

If you have a cold stay out of whatever fckn gym I'm at... last thing everyone needs is you putting your germy hands all over the equipment

That's probably where we got it in the first place. Chances are everyone in the gym has been exposed.