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How to Safely Return to Exercise After Illness

  • August 07, 2024

When recovering from a cold or flu, it's important to be careful with exercise. While working out can help your immune system, starting intense workouts too soon can actually weaken it temporarily, making you more likely to get sick again. This is called the "open window" theory, which suggests that doing intense exercise can make you more likely to catch colds and the flu right after you finish working out. If you have mild symptoms like a runny nose or minor sore throat without a fever,...
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