Working out when sick..?

[MiZongMaster]

I have seen this posted a couple times, but never saw a concrete answer.. Well now I am in the same boat.. I am getting over a cold (started last Wed), and was wondering what people thought about me starting my routine back up today? I took the rest of last week off, but my split starts today(Monday).. I still have a light cough, and still feel a little under the weather, but much better than last week and the weekend..

What do you guys think? Start my split today, or wait till I get 100%?

[ascendant]

if you're already starting to feel better, i'd get back into it.

working out when you're sick is risky. sometimes, you'll start lifting and feel better cause of the endorphins, but then at the end of the workout, you feel 10x worse. there have also been other times when i feel better after i lifted and didn't feel as sick for the rest of the day. other times, it didn't affect me either way.

you won't find a definitive answer like you're looking for cause each person reacts differently to working out while sick depending on their immunity system, the kind of cold/flu they have, what they're taking for the cold (vit c, zinc, echinacea, etc), and there are numerous personal biological factors to take into account as well. the only answer is to find out for yourself what you can and can't get away with as far as working out when sick. eventually, you'll know when you can and when you can't, but it takes time and nobody else can give you the answer.

[MiZongMaster]

Good response.. I will do some personal research and see how it effects me

[SwoleCat]

No fever = I train no matter how shitty I feel.

Fever = I don't even think about training.

~SC~

[Tbone1975]

No fever = I train no matter how shitty I feel.

Fever = I don't even think about training.

~SC~

I like that policy too. I've trained with a fever before and it made me a hundred times worse. Always seems like when I'm getting sick, leg workouts do me in the most too for some reason. But I think you're safe training also unless you have a fever.