Mild illness and training
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Hi all,
I have read the threads on this topic besides the advice on the book and seems the consensus is to stop training after first symptoms of a respiratory mild illness and to restart slowly once most symptoms are gone and energy levels are back.
Personally, I found that some exercise often clears some persistent symptoms like a mildly sore throat that can linger for a couple of weeks.
After reading a bit on this topic, I found some research point to exercise actually improving the body’s immune response.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5911985/
Naturally we all respond differently to exercise, but I wonder what other views are on this and whether light exercise should actually be encouraged in order to stop an oncoming infection instead of stopping fully.
Thank you
Diogo
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