Sick more often after I started working out?

[bononos]

Maybe he was being sarcastic. I use the term overtraining in the layman's sense, that is anything from paying the price for cranking out workouts thru lack of sleep from overpartying to battling depression and chronic illnesses.

 

[Capt Caveman]

That is not "over training". Training poorly will result in injuries regardless of the frequency of your training sessions. There are countless examples of people in all different kinds of athletic pursuits that train multiple times a day 5, 6, or 7 days a week without problems.

The key factors here are using proper form for whatever exercises you engage in and slowly increasing the frequency you train. I try to get into the gym and lift heavy five days a week. It took me a few years to be able to be able to train that often comfortably. And If I do develop problems or if I'm dieting the intensity I train at will vary between sessions. I'm nothing special, just a fat man creeping up on middle age. I would have never reached my physical goals if I worried about training too often. I studied proper technique and increased the quality of my diet and the amount of sleep I get rather than take more days off.

You do not know what you're talking about.

 

[surfsatwerk]

You do not know what you're talking about.

Go sit on your ass and wonder why you aren't in better shape.

 

[disappoint]

Vitamin C has consistently shown to make no difference in frequency of illness in most systematic reviews. It's not something that makes much of a difference. Better intervention include better diet, more sleep, better hydration.

Vitamin C does not kill viruses nor bacteria.

Neither does a better diet, sleep nor better hydration.

Some cleaning solutions do.

 

[tedrodai]

surfsatwerk is just purposefully being obtuse about the most common meaning of the term 'overtraining' when applied to exercise. Follow a nice progressive increase, stick with it, and yes, you can train 6-7 days a week and multiple times day. However people quite commonly push themselves beyond what their body is currently able to recover from given their level of fitness and the amount of sleep/food they get, and they call it overtraining.

A good exercise regimen will generally improve your immune system in the long run. A really tiring workout will tax your immune system in the short run. But yes, even if you're improving your immune system in the long run by increasing your fitness level, you're still susceptable to the germs everyone else is bringing in, so be smart about that.