Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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lifting with the flu?

jcrews1
jcrews1
Posts: 10
Joined: 2005/01/10
United States
2005/03/26, 01:38 AM
Is weight training with the flu a good idea? Or should i let my body use all its resources to fight this thing off?
JustinE22
JustinE22
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Joined: 2003/09/18
United States
2005/03/26, 02:07 AM
If you got the flu I would rest up and let the body heal, be sure to keep to your diet as best you can, load up on the zinc and vitamin c. hope ya feel better soon
italian_boxer
italian_boxer
Posts: 82
Joined: 2005/03/01
Canada
2005/03/26, 02:11 AM
like justin said dont work out while sick....just gonna use ur body's energy which it needs to help u get better.
2005/03/26, 04:20 AM
generally no....but if you don't have a fever....you can do a moderate work out...I have worked out with a flu before....from my experience I seem to have like 80% of my usual strength on such occassions....but I still like to go for the routine....is it a good idea? LOL prolly not...but once you get into routine.....exercise can become addictive...
jcrews1
jcrews1
Posts: 10
Joined: 2005/01/10
United States
2005/03/26, 02:11 PM
thanks for the feedback. i know what you mean about wanting to keep the routine menance in my experience once you start to miss a few its easier to make excuses, but i think i'll just wait this out