What do you do to come back from illness?

MAYNARDSMOM

MAYNARDSMOM

Cathlete
I am recovering from a virus over the weekend. Although I am feeling better I am totally drained. I tried doing Slide 'n Glide yesterday which I normally consider a pretty easy workout, not so much yesterday.

So what kind of things do you ladies do when coming back?
 
I, too, am coming off a nasty virus that knocked me down. The last workout I did was STS Total Body on Monday, Jan. 28th. That night I came down with a high fever and was flat on my back for 5 days.

It's been a week now and I finally feel like I can actually do a workout. I was wondering what one I am going to do???? I know I need something total body. I was thinking of doing CrossFire and modify, but the more I think about it, the more I think it might not be such a good idea, even modified.

I think the best thing for me to help me get my strength back up and in the groove is going to be a total body weight workout. It won't get me as sweaty, but it will still challenge me. However, it won't push me as much as a cardio will. Then I will try cardio tomorrow.

Best wishes!
 
I tend to stick to the lighter workouts. Sometimes u will only do a short premix if at all. I have found over the past 12 years of working out the if I push my come back after the flu I'll have a rebound if the virus.
I tend to have a bad habit of working out even when I get symptoms. I end up getting sick longer. Now I just chill out and do core work, yoga, or just floor work. Nothing major until I have full energy for a few days.
Sometimes I think I've been we'll for a few days and go all out and then end up feeling drained the rest of the day.
Maybe TurboBarre or Yoga relax would be easier to get through than slide and glide.
 
I had a bug during Thanksgiving week and couldn't shake it for three weeks. By Christmas, I was finally able to do some yoga and bicep/tricep workouts only. By mid-January, I was finally able to get back into my routine. It sucks but you have to take it easy.
 
Thanks ladies.:) these were all thoughts I had for workouts, sometimes I just need to hear it from someone else. :rolleyes:

I usually get up at 4:45am to workout. I think part of my recovery plan will be to sleep in to get the extra sleep and do modified workouts after lunch. I just did CarioSupersets (I know, I know not a suggestion) the premix of just 1 - 4 and actually went well. Any more would have been to much. Will try turbo barre tomorrow.

Thank you all for your input. :D
 
Yep! Take it easy on yourself and work up slowly.

The thing I notice the most is that my heartrate is much higher when I've been sick. I caught the flu 2 weeks ago and am re-starting X-Train this week. I barely pulled out Chest Back and Shoulders yesterday with the weight I had used before. My heartrate skyrocketed today on Cardio Leg Blast. On January 8th, when I did it for the first time my average heartrate was 142 and my max was 166. Today, my average heartrate was 160 and my maximum was 179!:eek:
 
I like Travel Fit for that type of thing. I like that I can control the intensity of it with different tension bands and it's low impact and non-jarring to my body.
The main thing is like everyone else has said, take it easy and be kind to your body: it's been working hard to heal!
 
I start out with yoga, then weights, then cardio. Cardio at first, is usually too much for me. But I have a friend who has been combining the really great warm-ups from Xtrain for a total low impact, low intensity workout. I think I may try that next time I'm coming off an illness!
 
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