Comments on: Exercise offers some protection from flu

By: reading the signs

reading the signs — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:23:06 +0000

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Then I discovered this website while browsing online the other day…

By: Dr. Stewart

Dr. Stewart — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:58:32 +0000

I do notice that when I am exercising on a regular basis I tend to be happier and healthier. I would agree with this on a personal note and I also know it to be true on a more scientific term. great work. Keep exercising. I like to encourage my clients to have a healthy lifestyle, because that will help them maintain their results and just be happy and healthy.

By: Lin Zucconi

Lin Zucconi — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:55:04 +0000

I’ve always heard that as long as you don’t have a fever, it is safe to exercise. I’ve been a long distance runner and swimmer for almost 40 years. The last time I had the flu was almost 20 years ago. I seldom get either colds or flu.

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By: David Ezell

David Ezell — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:58:48 +0000

I have often struggled with exercising if/when I feel flu-like symptoms on the horizon. I have frequently shared the “neck rule” with my clients:

Neck Rule: Below-the-neck symptoms (bad fatigue, bronchial infection, muscle aches) require time off, while it’s OK to exercise with above-the-neck symptoms (runny nose, stuffiness, sneezing)—some cardio may even slightly improve those symptoms.

And this study seems to verify at least the above the neck part, and call the below the neck concept’s validity. I think one has to be smart about exercise and listen to the body, but I have found in my personal and professional experience that exercise is more likely to help than hurt.

This makes so much sense. Prior to1900, work meant long, hard days of activity, foraging and as civilization rose, long days of organized labor. The move to a sedentary life style was far too fast, at least by biological/evolutionary terms. We need activity in our daily lives…and this is one more illustration of why this is true.