Exercising When Sick
It happens to the best of us. You get on a good exercise program, and then about a month or two into it, you come down with a miserable cold. You are tired and sneezy, and sleep nonstop for a few days. When you come back, you have lost all your energy and it takes a while to get back with the program.
Here’s a radical idea – it may actually be worth exercising when you are sick! Not an aerobic workout that will strain your respiratory system, but at least a light stretching and stressing of all your muscles, to keep them from getting stiff or atrophying. By doing this, at a comfortable level, you can minimize the detrimental effect of the illness on your muscles.