GlockG4 Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 I woke up yesterday feeling like the warmed up dead. I do not want to go the the Dr for antibiotics because I have the Bela Bela 5150 on Saturday. Does anyone have a suggestion on home remedies and over the counter meds that one can use leading up to an event that one can train/race on. I do not want to damage my heart, my resting heart rate is about 20 beats higher than normal and shoots up from just walking around, and I need to kick this before the weekend, so any remedies that your grandma swore by???
fanievb Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 I woke up yesterday feeling like the warmed up dead. I do not want to go the the Dr for antibiotics because I have the Bela Bela 5150 on Saturday. Does anyone have a suggestion on home remedies and over the counter meds that one can use leading up to an event that one can train/race on. I do not want to damage my heart, my resting heart rate is about 20 beats higher than normal and shoots up from just walking around, and I need to kick this before the weekend, so any remedies that your grandma swore by??? stay in bed, don't do the event. is the medal/t-shirt/certificate really worth more than your life?
NotSoBigBen Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 There is no 'quick fix', it is also rarely the medicine itself that will stop you from training/racing (even antibiotics) but rather how you feel! And as my father told me, if you go to the docs and get medicine it will take 14 days for your body to be completely over it and if you don't it will take 2 weeks
GlockG4 Posted August 18, 2015 Author Posted August 18, 2015 stay in bed, don't do the event. is the medal/t-shirt/certificate really worth more than your life?I hear what you are saying, an no obviously not. But what exactly make it dangerous to race/train while you are sick? Is it your heart that takes a lot of strain/stress, if so could I not just keep an eye on my heart rate and keep it below lets say 60%?
RockCoach Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 I hear what you are saying, an no obviously not. But what exactly make it dangerous to race/train while you are sick? Is it your heart that takes a lot of strain/stress, if so could I not just keep an eye on my heart rate and keep it below lets say 60%? You know how your muscles ache when you have flu? Well that's to protect your body from doing too much to help you recover. And well, your heart is also a muscle... You probably won't be able to keep your heart rate down to 60% even if you walked it slowly.
HowardSteele Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 On the Recovery side Coreza's are the best...so much so that the GP's are now prescribing them for faster recoveryThat being said Their are quite a few accounts of Fit athletes dying by training during and after flu from heart failure...google it.the biggest issue is the training after the flu how long to lay off...hope you recover soon...O yes A brandy lemon ginger and Apple cider vinegar is grandma's remedy
Gnarly Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Drink a case of beers, scares the cr@p out the Flu bug.
Niner Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 I woke up yesterday feeling like the warmed up dead. I do not want to go the the Dr for antibiotics because I have the Bela Bela 5150 on Saturday. Does anyone have a suggestion on home remedies and over the counter meds that one can use leading up to an event that one can train/race on. I do not want to damage my heart, my resting heart rate is about 20 beats higher than normal and shoots up from just walking around, and I need to kick this before the weekend, so any remedies that your grandma swore by??? Antibiotics is for an infection and flu is not an infection it is a virus, you can only treat the symtoms (headach, soreness, pain etc) not the virus. Your body will heat up(feaver) to try and kill the virus and that is the only way, wait for your body to make antibodies and kill the virus. During this time you muscles are prone to damage. So don't do it.
Latent_Blue Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 I hear what you are saying, an no obviously not. But what exactly make it dangerous to race/train while you are sick? Is it your heart that takes a lot of strain/stress, if so could I not just keep an eye on my heart rate and keep it below lets say 60%?Rhabdomyolysis of your heart muscles - leading to dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure = bad heart Immune mediated neuropathy - could leave you parilized (ive seen this happen first hand - a Kovsie netball player friend of mine was forced to practice - she lost the use of her left leg for about 1 year, she never played again)
candz1 Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Echinaforce...20 drops 5 times a day, advil cs, and vit c with the echinaforce drops...hammer it and you should cope on Sat.
NISI Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 I woke up yesterday feeling like the warmed up dead. I do not want to go the the Dr for antibiotics because I have the Bela Bela 5150 on Saturday. Does anyone have a suggestion on home remedies and over the counter meds that one can use leading up to an event that one can train/race on. I do not want to damage my heart, my resting heart rate is about 20 beats higher than normal and shoots up from just walking around, and I need to kick this before the weekend, so any remedies that your grandma swore by???Dont make it your last 5150,if you sick rest!
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Don't do it. So many accounts of people exercising whilst sick with the flu and ending with a heart attack. Your body is battling the virus. Don't make it propel you in a race as well. There WILL be repercussions.
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Echinaforce...20 drops 5 times a day, advil cs, and vit c with the echinaforce drops...hammer it and you should cope on Sat.Stupid, stupid advice. It's advice like this that results in people having heart attacks at the top of a climb from pushing themselves "normally" and over-stressing their hearts because "they're okay" and "only taking it easy" do not exercise when you have a viral infection. End van prent.
TLK Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 If your resting heart rate is up, that is the first sign that you should not exercise! If you had a head cold and your resting heart rate was normal, then it should be fine to do moderate exercise, but definitely a no go in your case. The best thing is to listen to your body.
candz1 Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 "Does anyone have a suggestion on home remedies" "and I need to kick this before the weekend, so any remedies that your grandma swore by???" merely answering what he asked...has worked for me many times...but how bad his " warmed up dead" is I dont...men seems to be more "dead" when sick, than woman
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