Swimming and Flu
Research has shown that those who
practice swimming moderately are less susceptible to influenza than the average
person and also swimmers who perform a really hard training are vulnerable to
the flu, such as those who do not swim because of the length and strength of
the workout that leads to reducing the efficiency of some immune functions for
a period of a few hours to a few days. This gives the opportunity for viruses
to invade the body. While this is not directly related to the performance of
the circulatory system and metabolic processes and muscle performance, but the
immune system is very important for every swimmer when there is a weakness in
it the swimmer is vulnerable to the flu and when the swimmer is sick he will be
unable to perform, training and competition optimally. Fortunately, however, there are many measures that can be taken to
significantly reduce body infection must be done as a habit. The immune
system depends heavily on nutrition. The best swimmers in the world know that
there is moderate nutrition and no swimmer in life reached high levels
without eating large amounts of vegetables and fruits and a balanced diet that
provides the necessary support for the immune system. Sleep is also important to support the immune system.
Even moderate
sleep deprivation reduces your active activity levels. The average person needs
eight hours of sleep a day and the swimmers who perform intensive training need
more than this. Grant Hackett, the Australian swimmer in the 1500m freestyle
race, is usually ready to sleep at 9 pm every night. Most people think that
airborne germs are the main cause of infection. It is
possible to have a self-infection, such as when you grab the handles of the
infected doors where germs are spread and then rub the eye with the same hand.
The good news is that self-infection can be greatly avoided: just keep your
hands away from the nose and eyes, and wash them frequently. Using sports
drinks can help prevent colds and flu from affecting the swimmers and can you
ask how this? Hard training can drain the body stores of glycogen. When this
happened the body released (cortisol) in order to convert the muscle proteins
so that the amino acid constituents can be converted and used to obtain energy.
Thus, the consumption of sports drinks containing carbohydrates during and after
training limits this reduction of glycogen depletion, cortisol secretion, and
other stress hormones. There
are two main objectives: recovery quickly to reduce lost training time.
Swimming with cold symptoms is not a big problem and does not affect the
performance of training significantly. Exercise does not increase the duration
or severity of the cold but I would recommend staying away from the swimming
pool until you feel better. Keep those germs to yourself you do not need to
pass them around. When the symptoms move to the chest and lungs, the swimmer
should Be careful. This is good advice to take a day off before continuing
training. When symptoms of flu, such as fever and body pain increased, do not
train at all, training should resume only after the symptoms disappear with one
or two days.
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