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Post by elascensor on Mar 20, 2017 17:43:47 GMT -7
Howdy!
I'm 3 weeks into the program and just hit a big snag. This week I'm supposed to do my most sustained ARCing sessions but I've come down with a bad head cold. I've done a little research and it seems that exercising with a cold is fine (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/health/nutrition/25best.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=exercising%20with%20a%20cold&st=cse) but I wanted to see if anyone had some insight on how I should adjust my training. Should I continue climbing but at reduced intensity/time (and then add an extra week of base fitness?), should I push myself, should I rest?
All opinions welcome!
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Post by scojo on Mar 20, 2017 18:47:13 GMT -7
I would just rest and focus on getting back to being healthy. It's hard to imagine trying to train while sick being very productive, and you don't want to risk stressing your body too much and risking a secondary infection.
Those studies are pretty small, and they were sure they just had a rhinovirus. They also don't study how effective the exercise was in terms of making physiological improvements.
I should note that if I have lingering mucus/congestion from a cold, I don't really consider that as being sick.
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Post by elascensor on Mar 21, 2017 9:14:47 GMT -7
Great, I appreciate the insight! I'm not feeling too bad today so I decided to train at reduced intensity. If it gets worse it's back to chicken soup and sleep. Do folks have experience stopping and restarting training in the middle of a season?
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tiago
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Post by tiago on Mar 22, 2017 9:35:49 GMT -7
From my experience it's hard for the body to fight an infection and recover from training. I've had a bad experience where I crushed all the routes during the day and got feverish during the night. That being said, if you are not dying you might try training as usual, specially because ARC training is not high intensity training.
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