Friend once pointed out that “health” is 3 things that are in tension: athleticism, longevity, and health qua health (as in freedom from disease and low risk for stuff like heart disease). Pursuing any of the 3 aggressively tends to compromise the other 2.
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I think this cold is 100% more severe than it should have been because I unwisely did a weights workout the evening of the day I first felt a slight sense of a cold coming on. I imagine workout recovery temporarily weakens immune system.
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The tribal wisdom at my old gym was that working out makes the illness more intense but shorter?
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Workout is a stressor the purpose of which is to produce recovery with overcompensation (antifragility). Unwise to workout when body is already in recovery.
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That’s not really helpful. I can’t really tell the two apart till I’m several days in.




