Getting over the flu!
Well I got it! Didn’t want to get it this winter (in Australia)…but it got me…the damn flu! Why me, I’ve been so healthy, eating right, working out…and it snuck up right behind me then wham and hit me pretty bad! I got the flu on the Wednesday (2 weeks ago) I didn’t know I had it until I got home after the gym! I did chest, Hamstrings and cardio that day and I pushed myself pretty hard. I got home and basically went straight to bed as I could feel myself rapidly deteriorating, not only did I have sore muscles the next day which was enhanced by the flu but I didn’t manage to get out of bed until 6 days later. I’m better now but have this cough that won’t go away…I’m back at the gym…lost all my strength! and can’t do any cardio as it makes me cough!
The problem now is that I still don’t have my appetite back which is not helping with the training, yes I’m loosing weight…but I don’t think its the right weight…I don’t want to loose my muscle! I basically took it easy this week at the gym just concentrated on weight training but next week I want to step it up and add the cardio in. Maybe having the cardio will bring back my appetite and get me back into the swing of things or is this a bad mistake? I don’t want to get sick again!
September 9, 2008 at 12:32 am
Take care not to push yourself too hard until you have given it enough time to fully recover. Last thing you need is to get KO’d again.