Squats for sickness

[LitteringAnd]

Originally Posted by salad101

you quit too early. you're supposed to keep pushing even if it gets worse.

I knew I wasn't doing something right.

[Fenderson]

Don't go the gym if your sick. You'll fuck everyone else up.

[minotauro rex]

Originally Posted by Fenderson

Don't go the gym if your sick. You'll fuck everyone else up.

The hell with that, You know how many nasty motherfuckers take a shit and don't wash their hands then touch all the bars and plates? I see people everyday coming out the bathroom stall and go straight to the weight room. But I'm at a commercial gym maybe it would be different if you went to a powerlifting gym and knew everyone there, then Yea I wouldn't go when I was sick.

[Chucknate]

High intensity exercise probably isn't a great idea, but I can't see anything detrimental from getting your blood flowing and breaking a light sweat.

[Modern Warrior1]

I've lifted sick a lot. I've gotten better before, as well as worse. Meh.

[Griborn]

I'm not sure how much squatting would raise your cortisol levels but glucocortcoids are immunosuppresant.

[Im so Moldy]

Hard exercise will do pretty much the opposite of make you better when you're sick. Your body needs all the energy it can get to fight the sickness, so taking that away for squats will reduce the amount of energy it can give to making you better.

[ITasteLikePaint]

I'm going to start writing down some of the crap I hear in this forum. It has to be useful to me somewhere down the line.
"Does holding my breath make me more cardiovascular fit?"
"Will squats cure my disease?"
Truth is stranger than fiction.

[cheez whiz]

Originally Posted by ITasteLikePaint

I'm going to start writing down some of the crap I hear in this forum. It has to be useful to me somewhere down the line.
"Does holding my breath make me more cardiovascular fit?"
"Will squats cure my disease?"
Truth is stranger than fiction.

Yeah, the stupid gets pretty thick in here sometimes. Try not to get any on you.

edit -- For example, you might want to steer clear of the "bicep strength" thread currently underway here.

[Ethan]

Someone lied to me because squats and milk have yet to cure my goddamn cold. Thanks, guys.