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Iced696 · #1 10-08-2008, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrew.cook

To offer an alternate point of view, I rarely take any time off, even when sick. It drives my wife nuts because she subscribes to the whole "you will prolong your sickness" camp, but I just don't find that to be true. People get colds, not a lot you can do about it. Allergies are another "sickness" that there is hardly a way to train around. So assuming that I'm not vomiting or losing body parts I think it is all up to personal preference as to whether you hit the gym or not. Aside from feeling under the weather I rarely experience any real loss of performance during a cold. For instance, I had a cold the past two weeks and I still managed to get out and put in 2-4 miles of running a day at a good pace, plus other work. If anything I actually felt better after having done so.

I will also say that I work out in my home gym and don't have those social concerns about whether I may infect someone else.

I totally agree. I have some of the most brutal allergies of anyone I have ever seen. Kenalog shots are bad for you but without them I am not even functional for several months out of the year and the Kenolog just cuts the edge off of it. I train around it, there's nothing that can be done. Same thing with a cold.

And my wife thinks the same way.

Andrew.cook · #2 10-08-2008, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Iced696

I totally agree. I have some of the most brutal allergies of anyone I have ever seen. Kenalog shots are bad for you but without them I am not even functional for several months out of the year and the Kenolog just cuts the edge off of it. I train around it, there's nothing that can be done. Same thing with a cold.

And my wife thinks the same way.

I think at some point you have to be honest with yourself and decide whether having the sniffles is an excuse to get out of training, or if it is a problem serious enough to stay in bed for. If I feel that going to the doctor would be a waste of time, then in my mind sitting out from the gym would be an excuse.

It is the same thing I tell my boy. Either you are sick enough to go to the doctor/hospital, or you are healthy enough to go to school. There isn't going to be a middle ground for him.

iron_worker · #3 10-08-2008, 08:11 AM

I can see both sides and I have done both.

I have trained when sick and *most* of the time it works out fine. Usually you wont' be up to your maximum performance but you can still move some weight around which is better then nothing.

On the other hand I have worked out when sick before and it does wear on your CNS and immune system. It broke my immune system down long enough for whatever it was to walk in and pretty much take control. Not fun.

So I would say if you've got a light head cold, go for it. You may want to keep it a touch on the lighter side. If you are aching and headache and whatnot then I would just leave it.

Just my 2 cents.

IronWorker

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