posted June 06, 2000 04:06 PM            

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alright, i've been bodybuilding for very little time and i've become addicted to it, but an injury has slowed me down for almost 2 weeks and health sickness has stopped me dead in my tracks for about a week.
should i keep training under the pain, or stop completely until the pain and sickness completely goes away???

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posted June 06, 2000 05:58 PM            

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I would suggest that you take a break and get yourself straighten out first. Once healed and over your sickness start back but progress slowly as to not reinjure yourself again.

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posted June 06, 2000 08:08 PM            

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working ou while sick and injured really fucks up your immune system!!!!!!!!!

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posted June 07, 2000 02:50 AM            

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take a break or your sickness not stops

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posted June 07, 2000 09:59 PM         

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I agree with Vitaman,Ive tried to work threw sickness,and injuries.And I end up taking extra time off to undue the damage.

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posted June 07, 2000 10:22 PM            

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This may be the signs of overtraining. You shouldn't train intensely all year long. I usually take a week or two off after I complete my cycle. Levrone took a month or two off after the Mr. Olympia. Taking a break is good for the body and mind. It isn't good to put your body through a lot of stress over long periods of time.

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posted June 07, 2000 11:15 PM            

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Stop training and do whatever you have to to get better. Then when you go back to training start off at where you were two weeks before you got sick. I do that and it makes me ease into it and gives me a challenge at the same time. Whatever you do don't lift while sick or injured. I played a game with cracked ribs. Bad mistake. I got buttended where they were cracked and fucked them up some more. Thank God that nothing serious happened as a result.

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The power to endure pain outlives the power to inflict it...the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph. It is dearness that gives everything its value.

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posted June 08, 2000 08:12 AM            

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Illness is enough stress on your system. Training will only compound the problem.

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