Should You Workout When You Are Sick?
Fuel Your Strength
Steph Gaudreau
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2019
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
If you are someone who worries about taking time off from working out when you get sick because you think you will retract your progress or gain the weight back, I am here to deconstruct your way of thinking that has been perpetuated by the diet and weight-loss culture.
Healthy Alternatives To Implement
When you are sick, taking time off for your body is necessary so that it can heal and also so that you do not spread your germs to others. If getting no movement does not sound like an option for you, listen to this episode to learn healthy alternatives to implement when you want to want to move but shouldn’t be going to the gym.
It is your job to provide your body with the resources that it needs to heal while being kind on yourself. Taking time off does not mean you will lose what you have built, and it is important to come up with alternative stress reduction practices to help you not go crazy when your body needs some time to recuperate.
How do you satisfy your need for movement when you are feeling sick? Share your tips with us in the comments on the episode page.
On Today's Episode
- Why bringing your sickness into a closed air environment is disrespectful (8:54)
- What to do if you are someone who is chronically sick (9:40)
- The impact of your gut health and stress levels on your immune system (9:51)
- Questioning your beliefs around taking time off from movement (18:15)
- How to stop looking at movement as a pass or fail activity (20:41)
Quotes
“If I am at jiujitsu and heave forbid someone starts coughing on me while we’re rolling, that’s just fucking disrespectful.” (8:35)
“The general rule of thumb on this is that, if in doubt, stay home.” (9:28)
“If for some reason you cannot physically exercise or move to the capacity in which you are accustomed and you like for whatever reason, you are sick, you are injured, your schedule changes, life happens, blah blah, you need something else.” (12:45)
“If you are sick and you need to move because you feel like you are going to lose your fucking mind, try to do it in an open place where you are not going to be in a confined space and really spreading your germs that easily.” (14:46)
“We haven’t failed if we are taking the time we need to get better.” (21:19)
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| 0:00.0 | This is Harder to Kill Radio, episode 250, The Fierce Love Friday edition. |
| 0:05.2 | Today we're talking about the question, should you work out when you're sick? |
| 0:09.2 | It's going to be a good one. Let's go. I'm Steph Godot. I'm Steph Godro. I help women get stronger, know their worth, and take up space without restrictive |
| 0:26.8 | dieting or exercise as punishment. I'm here to share that you can approach nutrition, fitness, and mindset from a place of nourishment |
| 0:36.0 | so you begin to trust yourself more deeply. Let's talk about how to embrace your body |
| 0:42.2 | and own your power. Now with over two and a half |
| 0:45.9 | million downloads this is harder to kill radio. Thank you're |
| 0:56.7 | Thank you so much for coming back to listen to another episode of Harder to Kill radio. I'm Steph Godro your host. Really pleased that you're here for this episode today because it's going to get a |
| 1:05.0 | little spicy maybe about the question I hear so often in my community which is |
| 1:12.2 | should I work out when I'm sick. This pairs oftentimes with |
| 1:18.9 | another question which is I just got injured. |
| 1:23.8 | Should I work out? |
| 1:24.7 | What should I do? |
| 1:25.5 | Oh my gosh, I have no idea what's happening. |
| 1:27.4 | And we have other episodes that deal with the injury side of things. |
| 1:31.8 | And I can link those in the show notes but I've never |
| 1:34.9 | specifically talked about this question of should you work out when you're |
| 1:41.0 | sick and I feel like we're kind of getting into the time of year. |
| 1:45.6 | It's the end of October where this is going to be really relevant |
| 1:50.4 | coming up in the next few months. |
| 1:52.6 | So we're going to talk about that. |
| 1:54.6 | I have some listener feedback |
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