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The best laid plans...
I intended to have a superfit christmas and counteract the over-indulgence by spending a couple of hours a day doing cardio. I was up to one hour a day on the crosstrainer, and was well into the couch to 5K programme to get running.
Then on Christmas day of all days, I woke up with a cough which quickly turned into a chest infection (I am prone to them thanks to having scarring from Legionnaires disease 8 years ago). I adopted the "neck rule" and as my symptoms were below the neck, didn't exercise. But how long after illness do you resume exercise?
I woke up this morning and although I've still got the chesty cough, it's much looser, my breathing is much easier, and I feel relatively good. Can't help but think that at this point a good session on the treadmill might help clear out the lungs and give my system a boost? But as I still have symptoms should I leave it another day or two?
I intended to have a superfit christmas and counteract the over-indulgence by spending a couple of hours a day doing cardio. I was up to one hour a day on the crosstrainer, and was well into the couch to 5K programme to get running.
Then on Christmas day of all days, I woke up with a cough which quickly turned into a chest infection (I am prone to them thanks to having scarring from Legionnaires disease 8 years ago). I adopted the "neck rule" and as my symptoms were below the neck, didn't exercise. But how long after illness do you resume exercise?
I woke up this morning and although I've still got the chesty cough, it's much looser, my breathing is much easier, and I feel relatively good. Can't help but think that at this point a good session on the treadmill might help clear out the lungs and give my system a boost? But as I still have symptoms should I leave it another day or two?