Immune system, training whilst the world in the grip of Coronavirus

[ian65r]

Are we wise to keep training, especially hard whilst the spread of coronavirus continues to affect so many people? The reason for asking the question is, I understood after training your immune system is weaker?

[JoeX]

How does training and competing affect our immune system?

Hi all, This came up at my running club, and a few posters in the Covid thread asked about it. As it’s an interesting subject and @chad and @Nate_Pearson have often touched on the subject I thought I’d spin up a thread. This is a recent article: And a paper published last year in the a journal of Sport and Health Science EDIT - the graph that was here is disputed by the paper The science on this subject does seem to be developing, so there may be a ways to go before achieving certainty. …

[mcneese.chad]

And this one:

COVID-19, Quarantine, and Adjusting Training Plans

So it seems like some type of quarantine is inevitable for at least parts of the USA, and it has already started around the world. Twitter has already told it’s 4,800 employees to “work from home.” If we get told not to leave your homes and have all that extra time - how would you adjust your training without burning out?