Should we stop training when we have a cold?

We're in cold season and flu. If we regularly exercise, the question arises whether we should continue our training and when our immunity falls or whether it is best to rest for a while.

Sports medicine doctor Jayson Loeffert of Penn State News recommends that you continue in regular physical activity if you have cooled off.

The exercise raises the heartbeat, encouraging him to pump more powerful blood. It also has a good effect on the lungs and stimulates the secrecy of endorphins. All these processes that take place under physical activity in the body make us feel better.

But you don't have to. If we have less energy and tire faster, which is quite normal when we are cold, we need to adjust the intensity of our exercise in our condition.

If your air routes are blocked, if it rains and you don't have a breath, if you can't stop coughing, it's time to rest,” adds to the doctor.

The important thing is that we don't start to exercise when we have cooling because the body will not be able to handle the load it is exposed to and may react in ways that the symptoms of the disease can intensify.

Another situation we should not practice is in the case of fever.

Subservation naturally increases your body temperature. When we have a fever, our body temperature is already higher than normal. Exercise can be very dangerous,” warns Loeffert.

For those trained in closed environments, gyms, and aerobic centers, and those sharing training equipment, the doctor advises extensive disinfectation and wearing facial masks in winter when viruses are fed so that infection does not spread