Exercising when slightly sleep-deprived should not be done too intensely to avoid driving down the immune system and increasing vulnerability to infections. — Whalespan
Exercising when slightly sleep-deprived should not be done too intensely to avoid driving down the immune system and increasing vulnerability to infections.
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“in almost every single case where I've gotten a bad flu or cold there are two things that have preceded that bad flu or cold one is sleep deprivation typically it would be nights where I got two hours of sleep or less for more than one night okay the second thing is anytime that I really pushed it with exercise and went all out and I went for 75 minutes and then I continued to 90 minutes and then maybe later that day because somebody invited me on a run or something like that I also did that second run or that second workout of some kind could be running in the morning and weight training in the afternoon”
“be mindful of the fact that you're you're a more vulnerable being when you're sleep deprived and that but that exercise can help adjust things in the right direction and if it's early in the day um presumably that's not going to disrupt your the proper bedtime and if it's later in the day I suppose as long as you don't need caffeine in order to uh to do that exercise”
“you want to exercise in a way that's not too intense because you can drive your immune system down and be more vulnerable to infections that's certainly the case after a poor night's sleep”
“Keep in mind, you want to exercise in a way that's not too intense because you can drive your immune system down and be more vulnerable to infections.”
“You're feeling a little run down, not sick. Exercise can probably help you. You're a little sleep deprived one night, exercise definitely can help you. Two nights' sleep deprivation and you certainly don't want to be exercising with a ton of intensity, because you will get sick.”