E119 - Fitness Makes You Sick

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of training while unwell or injured and offers alternative approaches to maintain fitness.

In this episode I discuss the dilemma / decision regarding training when unwell and or injured. Throughout our fitness journeys we are predisposed to a multitude of ailments, through poor technique in the gym, contact sports, overtraining, inadequate nutrition, sleep deprivation and even poor genetics. Coupled with respiratory illness, musculoskeletal disfunction, hereditary disease and self abuse, by way of alcohol consumption or narcotic dependency, we are bombarded with unwanted aches, pains and symptoms, which left unchecked can give rise to chronic fatigue syndrome, when also playing sports or fitness training. But....all is not lost, as there is usually an alternative route or approach to continuing with your training. Example - You have tennis or golfers elbow, with long term moderate pain to acute severe pain, whereby it's easy to concede and stop exercising, thinking the rest will speed up recovery. Now you're in a rut of exercise avoidance and possibly gaining weight / body fat, as you continue to consume your normal calorific intake, whilst missing workouts. Solution - Train your legs, abdominals and lungs, with running, swimming, walking, hiking. You can also still…

People in this episode

Host: Tristan Lowe

Topics covered

• fitness
• health
• injury
• training
• chronic fatigue syndrome
• rehabilitation

Keywords

• fitness
• injury
• training
• chronic fatigue syndrome
• rehabilitation
• exercise avoidance
• nutrition

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