Excercising when you have a head cold?

[FutureMee]

Is it good or bad to excercise when u have a head cold or does it even make any difference? I'm a bit worried it may prolong the symptoms.

[WeaponZero]

The thing most to watch out for is that when you're congested it doesn't take much to get you dizzy or light headed because of how your breathing pathways are already obstructed. Way too easy to injure yourself or have something terrible happen. I don't exercise unless I'm able to go at it full 100%. If I have some sort of pain or injury or sickness I have to try to work around I just take off completely.

[BertMacklinFBI]

its better to just rest and make a swift full recovery than take it a little lighter and still workout.

doctors say you shouldn't workout too hard during sickness if you do choose to workout.

[oldanddecrepid]

Usually once you have the cold, you should just rest-up and keep your energy to fight the bug... that being said, I have found that if I do a workout at the onset when you are getting a sore throat and/or the stuffies, you can overheat your body working out and potentially prevent the cold from taking hold.

[BeerFarts]

If it's not too bad then you can go ahead and work out. I've worked out while sick many times. Just be considerate and clean the equipment after use.

[Rufus335]

it helps to sweat it out. also weirdly i lift heavier when i have a cold. of course i also feel like shit doing it