If it's in your head, go head. If it's in your chest,, take a rest.

When you're sick, exercise may make you feel tremendously better or tremendously worse.

Training while your ill is wholly dependent how sick and what sick. I know it seems like that sentence makes no sense, but I promise you it does.

An easy rule of thumb: If it's in your head, go ahead. If it's in your chest, take a rest. Exercise may actually reduce the severity and duration of a simple head cold (IE: Runny nose, stuffy ears, sore throat). Exercise stokes your metabolism, increases blood flow, and flushes toxins from the body. In a broader sense, exercise enhances your own immuno-defenses - those little parts of your body responsible for fighting off illness.

Now, if your hacking up a lung, puking your brains out, and "painting the porcelain", your best bet is to remove yourself from the gym until you are ALL better. Chest colds are often exacerbated by increased heart rates, and heavier breathing. Other types of sicknesses often cause dehydration and prevent you from eating properly; thus making you prone to dizziness, light-headedness, or even faint, while exercising.

One side note - if you're really sick, stay away from the gym. The gym is a breeding ground for viruses and bacteria. Everyone touches everything, people share water-fountains, and benches. The gym is the perfect place to spread illness.

So, remember - if it's in your head, go ahead. If it's in your chest, take a rest. I'll keep working on a rhyme for "vomit" and "diarrhea"...until then - if you have either, just stay away...from all of us!

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