Some cyclists have extra protection against the invading germs that cause upper-respiratory infections like the common cold. “Both are very effective at preventing severe illness, death, and overwhelming the health care system resources,” Bernstein says. The flu shot and the COVID vaccine are your best protection against significant illness. How can I prevent getting sick this season?Īn ounce of prevention is worth 453 grams of cure, as they say, so here are some tried-and-true ways to avoid colds, flu, and general winter-weather crud that makes you cough, sneeze, and feel so miserable that you just can’t ride. When Are You ‘Fully’ Vaccinated Against COVID-19?.This Cyclist’s Whoop Alerted Her She Had COVID-19.You can find week-by-week recommendations for getting back to your regular riding routine here. He suggests these tests before you jump back in the saddle. “If someone was hospitalized or had significant illness-not asymptomatic or mild-then I’m likely going to do additional testing, including blood testing, cardiac testing, and respiratory assessment,” Bernstein adds. But I'm not having people wander out and about since I don't want them infecting others in a group ride,” he says. “Walking is allowed and I would even allow easy spinning on an indoor trainer.
It’s not wise to engage in significant physical activity during that two week period, Bernstein says. According to those guidelines: “No exercise is recommended for at least 14 days from diagnosis and even days after symptoms are resolved.” “COVID-19 plays by different rules when it comes to sports and exercise,” Metzl says.Īs for how long you should lay low, Bernstein follows the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine’s return to play COVID guidelines that were developed for students, but apply to all of us. For cyclists and other active people who generally turn to physical activity to boost circulation and feel better faster when they’re a little under the weather, this is urgent news, Jordan Metzl, M.D., a sports medicine physician at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York told Bicycling while studying the relationship between exercise and COVID last year. What You Need to Know About the COVID-19 VaccineĮxercise can make COVID-19 worse.
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