Covid Recovery and the road back to getting back on the bike

[Ispeed_V]

With all the non cycling forums being deactivated and searching for any previous threads that cover the Covid Recovery and getting back on the bike, I hope that I am not duplicating any previous threads that may exist.

So having succumbed to the dreaded Covid and only on day 6, I would like to know from other Covid sufferers what there getting back on the bike process was?

Being fully vaccinated, symptoms are thankfully quite mild in Covid terms, more of a severe head cold than anything else. That said, I can definitely feel that the body has taken a major knock as just the simple task of hanging up washing, washes (no pun intended) me out.

 

[Underachiever]

I also had mild symptoms

You need to take your comeback very seriously.  But each person is different, but be conservative.  

I took 3 weeks full rest after from day zero. 

Then started with low intensity 20-30 min rides.  For me this was 145-150 bpm max, 135 avg.  Every 2nd day.  BUT if my RHR spiked vs historic trends, I took another 2-3 days rest.  This carried on for another 3 weeks until my RHR fell into the trend pre Covid.

The next 3 weeks I started ramping up volume to about 80% from normal, but kept the intensity relative low.

Good luck

[Danger Dassie]

Take it slow, take your time. Need to give it a few months.

Better yet, consult with a GP on this. Yours is not the only case and a medical professional will be able to provide a far more grounded solution than any Internet forum. Even if you get a second/third etc ... opinion

[_David_]

I had it in July, mild symptoms took me about 6 - 8 weeks to get back to normal.

[DIPSLICK]

I don’t know the answer but get a Dr that knows the correct recovery 

I have heard via mates of horror stories and from Drs how even with mild symptoms LONG COVID is devastating on athletes lungs and hearts,

my accounts lady is suffering from neurological effects from Long covid

V12man is not much on the hub but I suggest you try contact him He knows his stuff around covid, he helped a few Hubbers , athletes 

 

take your recovery very seriously, drs who know say covid is serious but long covid is devastating if not handled correctly 

[Dexter-morgan]

I had it in June, bad symptoms but got back into it, my wife hardly had any symptoms but now she is sitting with LONG covid complications, so be very careful and keep an eye on that HR.

[SwissVan]

34 minutes ago, DIPSLICK said:

I don’t know the answer but get a Dr that knows the correct recovery 

I have heard via mates of horror stories and from Drs how even with mild symptoms LONG COVID is devastating on athletes lungs and hearts,

my accounts lady is suffering from neurological effects from Long covid

V12man is not much on the hub but I suggest you try contact him He knows his stuff around covid, he helped a few Hubbers , athletes 

 

take your recovery very seriously, drs who know say covid is serious but long covid is devastating if not handled correctly 

Touch wood never had it, but from what I’ve read and heard this is so true.

What happened to V12 on the hub,? Miss his inputs 

 

[DieselnDust]

First thing to do is have a thorough health check done about 10 days after symptoms abate.

based on that assessment you can either return to normal training or have to follow a recovery program. 
For now let it run it’s course and see where you are at the end of it

[Underachiever]

1 hour ago, Underachiever said:

I also had mild symptoms

You need to take your comeback very seriously.  But each person is different, but be conservative.  

I took 3 weeks full rest after from day zero. 

Then started with low intensity 20-30 min rides.  For me this was 145-150 bpm max, 135 avg.  Every 2nd day.  BUT if my RHR spiked vs historic trends, I took another 2-3 days rest.  This carried on for another 3 weeks until my RHR fell into the trend pre Covid.

The next 3 weeks I started ramping up volume to about 80% from normal, but kept the intensity relative low.

Good luck

As Dassie says, get medical support, I had my GP and a Specialist (Cycling buddy) help me set up the monitoring system. 

[coppi]

I had it in January, hit me hard and was almost hospitalised..............simple tasks took effort and was out of breath quickly ! Waited about 2 weeks after I was all clear before I started very slowly, initially just a cruise around my hood and then slowly built up within a few months. Listen to your body and don't rush it.............

[ChrisF]

41 minutes ago, SwissVan said:

Touch wood never had it, but from what I’ve read and heard this is so true.

What happened to V12 on the hub,? Miss his inputs 

 

 

Also miss him

 

Hope @V12man is doing okay.

 

Medical professionals have had a horrible 2 years .....

[Paul Ruinaard]

2 hours ago, FondTF2 said:

With all the non cycling forums being deactivated and searching for any previous threads that cover the Covid Recovery and getting back on the bike, I hope that I am not duplicating any previous threads that may exist.

So having succumbed to the dreaded Covid and only on day 6, I would like to know from other Covid sufferers what there getting back on the bike process was?

Being fully vaccinated, symptoms are thankfully quite mild in Covid terms, more of a severe head cold than anything else. That said, I can definitely feel that the body has taken a major knock as just the simple task of hanging up washing, washes (no pun intended) me out.

 

Do you know if its the new variant ?

[Ispeed_V]

16 minutes ago, Paul Ruinaard said:

Do you know if its the new variant ?

Yes. Our kids contracted it at school and it was inevitable that we would get it as well. 

[Ispeed_V]

51 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

First thing to do is have a thorough health check done about 10 days after symptoms abate.

based on that assessment you can either return to normal training or have to follow a recovery program. 
For now let it run it’s course and see where you are at the end of it

Sound advice. Will definitely go that route as well as listening to my GP.