Thanks for tuning into this episode of the Human Performance Outliers podcast with Zach Bitter.

All right, folks, welcome back to another episode of the Human Performance Outliers podcast.

I'm your host, Zach Bitter.

And today I have a solo episode for you where I am going to touch on some topics that were submitted through

listeners. So if you have a question or topic that you'd like me to do for a future episode

like this type, feel free to send them to me. I've got a couple ways to reach out to me.

One is just through my website at Zachbitter.com.

You could also send me an email at HPO podcast at gmail.com or reach out to me on one of my

social media platforms, preferably Instagram at Zach Bitter or Twitter at Z Bitter.

For today's topics, we have a couple that I'm going to dive into.

One is working out while sick.

Or as I kind of unpack that topic, I look at the specific question asked was

what had to do with upper respiratory type issues.

And it was sort of a multi-part question in a sense of like, what is it like once you get this from a recovery standpoint, back to training standpoint?

So I made sure to touch on that as well as just covering some of the risks along lines of getting sick or getting respiratory type illnesses when it comes to training, especially training hard.

So taking a look at that because I think we hear a lot about how exercise and healthy

lifestyle is going to help prevent illness and things like that.

And it definitely does in the grand scheme of things.

But there is an acute timeframe when you kind of wear your body down with like, say, a big

workout where you may be a little more susceptible to picking up some of these things.

So I touch on that and maybe some things to consider when planning like bigger training

sessions that could possibly compromise your immune system, even if it is

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