If you want to build a head-turning physique, you have got to be consistent with your nutrition and your training sessions.
Which means you will never get anywhere if you keep skipping training sessions.
In fact, to make fast gains you have got to find a way to string together as many training sessions as you can.
But what about when you catch a cold or flu? Should you slog on, and try to battle through a training session even when you are under the weather?
Or should you rest up and come back when you are 100% recovered?
I have been training on and off for about 15 years now and here is what I have discovered:
If you wait until you are 100% recovered, it will take a long time to feel healthy again. But if you get back under the iron too soon, you can prolong a cold or flu.
So here is what I recommend:
When you first get sick, go ahead a take a full day off. No training at all.
If you feel better or the same the next day, try some light cardio. Sometimes “sweating it out” can do wonders for a cold.
If you feel WORSE the day after your light cardio, then get back on the couch. But if you feel better (and 90% of the time you will) then do another cardio day. This time push it a little harder and try to sweat it out a little more.
This should get you back to feeling about 90% healthy and that is good enough to get back under the iron.
So with this method, you can catch a cold on Sunday night and be training again on Wednesday or Thursday. That is not too bad considering many guys will miss 1-2 weeks every time they catch a cold.
Of course, the best way to avoid getting sick is to take a tip from Jack Lalanne and AVOID SUGAR. Sugar depresses your immune system and makes you more likely to catch an illness.
So avoid sugar at all costs and you will reduce your odds of getting sick.
