Anybody else been sick this year?

[galain]

I've trained maybe a total of 3 weeks this year - I'm going crazy.

Hurt my back just before Christmas - couldn't move, couldn't train.

Finally get some mobility back, head back to the gym, the flu hits Germany and every second person is in bed. I teach 14 different groups of people each week which puts me right in the firing line if there's a virus going around. I usually manage to avoid these things but I got hit badly this year.

It's now coming up to 4 weeks since I contracted the flu. I'm back at work but even walking the stairs is leaving me out of breath. I need to do something.

Anyone else been sick and found a workaround? I'm a little hesitant to push it too quickly because I lost a friend in my 20's whose heart gave out on him when he went back to training just after an illness.

I can't just sit on my arse eating chips though.

[El Diablo Blanco]

Everyone and their cousin is getting a stomach virus in SoCal.  I'm expecting it to hit me any day now.  Hoping for Epic Leans from the runny shits.

[Powerlift66]

Some guy in my area at work is hacking up chunks of lung butter all day long.
I expect to get his F'in germs any day now... Stay the feck home if sick...

[oldtimer1]

Tired of people with colds saying they have the flu. If you have the flu you will be in bed completely shot for 10 to 14 days.  After that it will take the same amount of time to regain your strength. That's why so many people die from the flu. Sounds like you had the flu.

Best thing you can do is to get the flu shot. It isn't a cure all but they load that syringe up with a couple of the strains they predict will hit that year. Also wash you hands carefully every time you hit the bathroom to wash bacteria and viruses off your hands and if you can't alcohol them.

[Erik C]

You need to eat a high saturated fat diet, from animal sources, to maintain a powerful immune system. Take plenty of lecithin and Vitamin C, too, and you won't get colds and flu.

[galain]

Yep - I ignored the flu shot because I rarely catch it. Once every 5 years or so I get hit. Hindsight is a wonderful thing!

Powerlifter66 - it pisses me off when people come to work when they're sick. That's how I got it. Fuck - if you're sick, stay home. I've had about 5 students reappear after being sick, only to disappear again because they came back to work too early (and probably because someone else coughed and spit on them when they came back).

I haven't been this skinny fat in years. It's getting me down. At least my back is better.

[_aj_]

You need to eat a high saturated fat diet, from animal sources, to maintain a powerful immune system. Take plenty of lecithin and Vitamin C, too, and you won't get colds and flu.

[el numero uno]

You need to eat a high saturated fat diet, from animal sources, to maintain a powerful immune system. Take plenty of lecithin and Vitamin C, too, and you won't get colds and flu.

You forgot b12 injections and casein before bed to stay in an anabolic state.

[Erik C]

@_aj_: High saturated fat diet is great for brain function too. You really should try it, because you desperately need help in that department.

[kh300]

Everyone and their cousin is getting a stomach virus in SoCal.  I'm expecting it to hit me any day now.  Hoping for Epic Leans from the runny shits.

Same in NY. Everyone was getting it. I got it a few weeks ago. Spent 2 days on the toilet with explosive butt piss,, plus I threw up 3x's. First time I've ever thrown up sober.

[Erik C]

You forgot b12 injections and casein before bed to stay in an anabolic state.

Sublingual B12 works for me. Casein is awful stuff that no one should ever use, unless you are stranded somewhere, and starving.

[muscularny]

interesting, wonder why there is no report about this in ny and socal?

[Coach is Back!]

Most of my HS athletes and their parents and my son. My wife and I haven't had anything.....yet..

[devilsmile]

I was sick like a month ago for the first time in 2 years almost. I can't think of any reason for the lack of flu/fever until now than the fact that I started to consume more meat and onions. Prior to that I was sick at least 3 times a year any time my training started to feel really smooth. Even my girlfriend got all sorts of flus and whatever, I never got it from her.

[muscularny]

I was sick like a month ago for the first time in 2 years almost. I can't think of any reason for the lack of flu/fever until now than the fact that I started to consume more meat and onions. Prior to that I was sick at least 3 times a year any time my training started to feel really smooth. Even my girlfriend got all sorts of flus and whatever, I never got it from her.

the jewish god is punishing you for not following the torah 

[Nick Danger]

Gyms are among the worst places for contracting sickness...

[240 is Back]

I rarely drink these days.  Until I get sick.  Then I just sip bourbon for those 2 days while I'm sick.  Passes the time, feels awesome.  Just one glass can last a whole day when you're not eating from illness.  

[greeneyes]

I have been sick at the beginning of the year and it costs me alot. I wanted to go pass a test, miles away from where I live but couldn't and felt like a weak shit, puking. I was tied to bed, nearly cried because of what I missed. It feels terrible when you have all the time to get sick but only get sick when YOU DONT NEED TO.

As absurd life is, two days after I felt a bit good.

[CalvinH]

Yeah a few times the last few months. finally broke down and went to the doc and been fine since.

[Waller]

The last time I had the flu was a couple of years ago. I just wanted a bullet in the head I hurt so much. I remember it would take me hours to get up to get to the toilet, then when I was stood in there I had no fucking idea where I was or what I was doing there.

If I could never have the flu again that would be great thanks.

[Method101]

You need to eat a high saturated fat diet, from animal sources, to maintain a powerful immune system. Take plenty of lecithin and Vitamin C, too, and you won't get colds and flu.

Yea do this is you want to clog your arteries and put yourself into an early grave you dumb fucker. I guess every first world nation's doctors are all wrong with their warnings.

[Thick Nick]

I'm sick all the time... 1 kid in daycare, 1 kid in school, wife works in a hospital, and I work outside all year round. It's like the perfect storm of germs.

[Erik C]

Yea do this is you want to clog your arteries and put yourself into an early grave you dumb fucker. I guess every first world nation's doctors are all wrong with their warnings.

Yes, every first world doctor is wrong if they warn against high fat diet, and latest research proves that it is healthy, and that warnings against it were all incorrect from the get go.

[Thong Maniac]

Lol

[The Abdominal Snoman]

It's the Nano's in the air their spraying...Respiratory problems all over the country in America...