11/8/2023 0 Comments Should you work out with a cold![]() ![]() The “non-exercise group” was asked to chill out. The “exercise group” was asked to do 40 minutes of moderate exercise every other day for 10 days. Once the teams were picked they infected everyone with the cold. They made the teams fair by keeping similar ages and fitness levels on both teams equal. The researchers took 34 people from the ages of 18-29 and separated them into two groups. The aim of this abstract was to determine whether or not exercise affects the severity and duration of the common cold (rhinovirus 16 in this case). On the PubMed website (a site full of citations, abstracts and articles) there is an abstract titled “ The effect of exercise training on the severity and duration of a viral upper respiratory illness.” And now I have even more reason to believe it. It turns out there have actually been a few studies that show exercising while you have a cold is not bad for you and does not prolong the symptoms.Īwesome! I’ve always assumed this. Recently though, I’ve been geeking out on my iPad researching the topic. Okay, yes, I’m one of those “you’ve got to sweat it out” people, but there’s more to it.Īlthough I have always assumed it was fine to exercise while I had the cold, I was basing this assumption off of how I felt afterwards. Well guess what … the old excuse of “I’m coming down with a cold” just isn’t going to cut it anymore. Some feel that they absolutely should not workout so that they can get better quicker. But I still worked out today.Įven though I often feel better after I workout, some would still say that I still shouldn’t. Now, as I’m writing this article guess what, I’ve got a case of the rhinovirus. No, it has nothing to do with the Rhino Bug. In case you weren’t aware, rhinovirus is the fancy name for the cold bug. But whether you feel better or not, should you? However, to others (like me) a moderate workout can actually make you feel better. To some, working out while you are sick is just plain dumb. A fairly common question I get asked (and one that I’ve often wondered myself) is whether or not you should workout if you have a cold.Īt first, it might seem obvious. ![]()
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