That little bit of a sniffle. Doesn’t a break weaken the muscles you’ve worked hard to build? When exercising when sick is of little use – and how to get back into it after a break.
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Colds, flu or Covid are not much fun. Especially not athletes. In addition to the unpleasant symptoms, there is something else that plagues gym-goers and joggers: the thought of taking a break from training, which would destroy the muscles you have laboriously built up or the best time you have achieved. Even those who are less ambitious find it difficult to forego their dose of exercise and happiness hormones, so the same questions keep coming up. Do I really have to take a break? A little cold like that doesn’t matter, does it? And what is supposed to happen?
