Skip the Work-out When You Suffer From a Cold? Think Again
January 1, 2009 | Posted by billspaced Often times, many of us make the excuse to skip exercise when we have a cold because “we want to rest.” But researchers have found that there is zero correlation between cold longevity and exercise; further, they have found that having a cold doesn’t even affect athletic performance!
How’s that for sobering news?
No more excuses (present company included)!
“We tell them that’s O.K. if it’s for a short period of time,” Dr. Kaminsky said. “But what you have to be cautious of, where I see it as more of an issue, is with people who are trying to build that exercise habit. They’ve got all these barriers anyway.”
AND too often taking time off because of a cold is the start of falling away from the program entirely.
Have a Cold? There’s No Reason to Skip a Workout, Studies Show – NYTimes.com
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5 Comments »
Oh, I thought it is not good to do the regular workouts when having cold.
It might be okay to do the workout but we will not be having stamina or fitness level to do the workouts. So I think it will be better to skip for one or two days.
Am I correct?
The researchers in the study actually found no decrease in stamina or workout ability with a cold. I share your skepticism, though
In the past, I’ve skipped a day, and then another, and another…it may be better just to “put in the time” than to let the skipping of workouts become a habit. I am TERRIBLY guilty of letting it get out of hand.
Hopefully, you are better at getting back to the gym than I am
I thought that if you suffer from cold, you will feel tired and sleepy especially if you are taking medicine. So how can we still perform? I do agree that if you stop from workout, it is very difficult to get it back. It happen to me as well because I do exercise twice a week, joining those yoga classes. I feel lazy to continue after a long holiday too! ..:)
Yea, that is very true that we often try to find excuses to skip workouts and I really don’t know why…we feel good when we work out, body feels so light and when we look in the mirror we are happy but still we do that.
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Training when I have a cold always makes me feel better. Always feels good to get the blood pumping.
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