How To Not Get Sick From Intense Exercise

Constantly getting sick while trying to get in shape is not fun and totally unnecessary. Unfortunately, a single bout of sickness can set you back for weeks.

So here is how not to get sick from intense exercise:

1. Keep your diet balanced: Taking out carbs or fat from your diet is a sure fire path to sickness. You need the whole spectrum of nutrition for best results here. In fact, taking out carbs will prevent you from fully recovering from your workouts.

2. Don’t go too fast: Extremely fast weight loss will stimulate your body to begin burning muscle for fuel, the last thing you want. Not only will this decrease your metabolic rate, but it will also bring down your immune system.

3. Stay hygienic: Your body is in a constant war against foreign invaders even if you don’t feel it. And if you keep personal hygiene ultra high, you will give your body a much needed break and more resources to focus on exercise recovery.

4. Get your shots: Specifically, you don’t want to miss your flu shot. It doesn’t take that much time to get it and it can save you from a devastating bout of flu. Even better, flu shots aren’t that expensive.

5. Have a pre workout snack: Eating some carbs before you exercise is a great way to not only burn more fat, but to reduce levels of stress hormones. Exercising on an empty stomach is a horrible idea that will compromise intensity, recovery and immune health.

6. Have a liquid meal immediately after your last exercise set: This will help you take advantage of the post workout window of opportunity and will help you bring down levels of stress hormones (i.e., cortisol). Don’t let more than twenty minutes pass here.

7. Rest aggressively when symptoms begin to sprout: A light bout of sickness can turn into a monster if you keep on stressing your system with heavy bouts of exercise. Stay on the safe side and give your body time to recover from the attack.

Don’t fall victim to getting sick when you are trying to reach your fitness goals. Sometimes more is not better. So stay healthy and reach your goals faster!

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