Cold

xxdilemmaxx

Hi all,

Just a quick question, just joined a gym and am training four nights a week. Missed a couple of days last week and this morning I woke up with a cold, sore throat and a headache etc but really don't wanna miss the gym tonight.

Is it ok to train when you have a cold or is it a no no?

Cheers

Dubdude

TBH i dont really think there is an answer on wether you should or should not train wit a cold me personally i had a bad cold all w'end and done a though session on monday and felt great y'day morning as if it cured me kinda and was able to go again last night with no effect to my normal training both nights, if you really wanna train go ahead there's nobody stopping you.

Gillo

While it mightn't effect you, it's not fair on other people in the gym if you have a cold. Chances are you be coughing, sneezing and handling weights which means you'll be passing your cold on to the other people there.

I'd a cold last week and gave the gym a miss, yeah I'd have preferred to go, but I'd say the rest actually did me good.

Dubdude

Chances are he probably picked up the cold in the gym from whoever so i wouldnt be concerned about passing it on to anybody else its the way life is, could you imagine if the amount of people with a cold today wer to wake up and say 'oh i better not leave my bed for fear of who i might pass it onto' :rolleyes:

COH

I always train when I have a cold, makes me feel much better. Gyms are hardly the most hygenic of places anyway with everything covered in sweat so I wouldn't bother worrying about spreading germs

Gillo

Dubdude wrote: »

could you imagine if the amount of people with a cold today wer to wake up and say 'oh i better not leave my bed for fear of who i might pass it onto'

Yes, I could but there's a difference between not going to work and not going to a gym, they gym hardly pays your bills, mortgage, loans etc.

Sweat is a natural by-product of exercise, snot isn't.

The way I see it, it's a matter of courtesy.

Dubdude

Its also a matter of courtesy to wipe your sweat off the machine/bench when your done using it but i would imagine there are quite a lot of people who dont, wer as if your goin to blow your nose you will get some tissue cause your hardly goin to blow it over a set of dumbells now are you :rolleyes:

xxdilemmaxx

Well, I went and did a half hour run and 15 mins on the cross trainer. Wasn't in the humour of doing any weights, feel brutal now

Gillo

Even if you blow your nose in a tissue you're still breathing a lot harder, liable to sneeze and handling weights with germ ridden hands.

You think one thing I think another and to be honest I can see this going round and round in circles, lets be mature and agree to disagree. (Until the next thread:D)

Sorry to hear you're still feeling bad OP, perhaps take a few days rest.

Shmuck

colds clear up much faster if you rest and drink a lot, simple really