Category Archives: Exercising when sick

Fitting Life In

Ahhhhhhhh – Rest Week. Like the 1 minute walk at the end of each 10 minutes of my run… Like the calories I get to consume and the end of a weekend training day… Like the bottle (I mean glass) of … Continue reading

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another day off from exercise…what’s with that!!!

Yeah…Monday…took another day off 2nd day off from exercise in the same month…last day off was 3 weeks ago…too much fun that time 🙂 https://irondaughterirondad.com/1-day-off-from-exercise-too-funny-that-its-noteworthy/ This time, in deference to recovery…in the few days before my killer Saturday workout, I was … Continue reading

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How much Intensity and Volume in a training program

So how can we figure out how much Intensity and Volume are appropriate in our training programs? …to a large degree, you have to try stuff out and see how your body responds…and if you’re not getting the results that you want, … Continue reading

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Training recovery after being sick

So time to recap where I’m at in my training…to a large degree because I’m coming back from being sick…sounds weird…I’m _never_ sick…I guess I’m mortal after all…and wanted to recap it…and we’ll be leaving for vacation for a week … Continue reading

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Vegan Virgin: Day 6: Date Night / exercise ramping up

This post is / was written throughout the day (Saturday, Feb. 26).  Today is Saturday…Date Night…every Saturday…for well over a decade now…14th Anniversary coming up on March 1st…so longer than that…is it still searingly romantic?…not always…sometimes though…other times, it’s just time to catch … Continue reading

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achy yesterday…but I’d rather feel the pain…

Woke up feeling achy yesterday…so what’s with that?…another ‘new’ symptom…started with a sore throat a week and a half ago, that morphed into congestion and a cough, and as that diminished, bit of a light cough, and my back was just feeling … Continue reading

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so when to get back on the training wagon…

still nursing a persistent cough through yesterday…although improved…only every once in a while…much better last night than the night before and definately better than the night before that…so a positive trend…a few GI issues this morning…hopefully it’s not morphing into something … Continue reading

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Alright…we get started again…tomorrow 🙂 This past 3 weeks has been a bit ragged…sore throat and cold…recovery in time for the convention last weekend through this past Tuesday…overlapped by another sore throat / congestion this past week…rats…so exercise has been a … Continue reading

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IronVegan

Listening to your body is an interesting topic Irondad brings up today for two reasons…  1- I stayed home from work today to nurse a sore throat.. and now I’m coming up with a billion excuses on why I shouldn’t … Continue reading

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