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<p>It might be the last thing on your mind when you’re congested and miserable, but we swear it’s a genuine question we get asked.</p><p>When you’ve got exercise baked into your routine, do you have to take a break when you’re unwell?</p><p>Norman and Tegan unpack the nuance of exercising when you’re sick – when you can, and when you can’t.</p><p>References:</p><ul><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6523821/">The compelling link between physical activity and the body's defense system</a></li><li><a href="https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpcell.00130.2023">Moderate exercise induces trained immunity in macrophages | American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology</a></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39094181/">Higher risk of upper respiratory tract infection post marathon running: when physical exercise becomes a threat to the immune system</a></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11282332/">Sport and exercise durin...