fitness How's your fitness after COVID?

[Shawn]

Pre-COVID: I was skinnier than I am now and I could bike and hike up hills like it was no one's business.

Then I got COVID. It was the bad version, the one that hit before we knew what it was. I didn't have to be hospitalized but it sure did a number on me. I still don't smell and taste things like I used to. I've gotten all sorts of digestive issues since then, too. GERD. IBS-C. Never had that stuff before I got COVID. I've also had COVID a few more times after that, but it was a lot weaker.

After COVID: Hills are hard on me. I've not really slowed down my exercise, either. But Hills make me pant and breathe heavier than ever.

Is this happening to anyone out there, too? I'm really curious.

Stupidly if you want to call it, I don't like going to the DR, so nothing is really diagnosed.

 

[Reelz]

After COVID: Hills are hard on me. I've not really slowed down my exercise, either. But Hills make me pant and breathe heavier than ever.

That's a lot! I truly sympathise with you for the major effects that COVID-19 brought to your health. I understand what you feel because if our body isn't able to do what they used to do, it would be very hard on us, especially if you are really eager to do what you love.

 

[Shawn]

That's a lot! I truly sympathise with you for the major effects that COVID-19 brought to your health. I understand what you feel because if our body isn't able to do what they used to do, it would be very hard on us, especially if you are really eager to do what you love.

I just keep going. I don't give up. I'm hoping I overcome up at some point.

If I have to stop more and rest, that's part of it.

 

[lens]

The process of fitness recovery after COVID makes complete sense to me. But we need to know that regular exercise alone does not protect individuals from long-lasting effect of virus on the body. Anyways, I love your dedication to fitness and I expect you will keep moving that line for your recovery journey.

 

[Shawn]

The process of fitness recovery after COVID makes complete sense to me. But we need to know that regular exercise alone does not protect individuals from long-lasting effect of virus on the body. Anyways, I love your dedication to fitness and I expect you will keep moving that line for your recovery journey.

And it's more the adventure for me than it is fitness.

Hiking is an adventure with the benefit of fitness. The same for biking.

 

[Yama]

I got infected and was bed ridden for 11 days. However, I did not go to hospital, people were dying in the hospitals and the health system seems like it was crashing. Self healing worked for me. However, I have not experienced any kind of health complications after Covid. I have the same body weight, and I can do the same activities that I used to pre-Covid.

 

[Lord Severus]

I am a health worker who had three COVID vaccines and not a single bout of the disease because I had the resources at my disposal (PPE Kits) and the knowledge on what to do when something hits me hard.

But in the general population, there is much for cardiovascular diseases because COVID has increased the viscosity of blood leading to higher incidences of clotting disorders like stroke and cardiac arrest.

 

[Shortie]

I have noticed that my health isn't the same as it was before the pandemic and COVID-19. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2019 but I have noticed that since I got COVID-19 the first time and a few times after that, my health did get much worse.

My daughter got COVID-19 before we even knew what it was and now she suffers with fatigue and even just walking up the stairs or even a hill leaves her feeling breathless.

 

[Shawn]

I have noticed that my health isn't the same as it was before the pandemic and COVID-19. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2019 but I have noticed that since I got COVID-19 the first time and a few times after that, my health did get much worse.

My daughter got COVID-19 before we even knew what it was and now she suffers with fatigue and even just walking up the stairs or even a hill leaves her feeling breathless.

Yeah, that's me. More fatigue than I've ever had.

It's a struggle fighting it, but I'm going to keep pushing.

 

[Harsh World]

Pre-COVID:

I was 5'9" stacked weighing in at 100kg, just ready to begin my cut to get down to 85kg.

Covid shut down the gyms, and it was almost impossible to push myself to the extreme to keep gaining.

After COVID

I've been trying to get back into a good routine to stay fit and get big. I've accomplished much more than I have. In fact, I was keeping a fitness log here, which I kind of gave up on keeping track of since it was so tedious, but will probably pick it back up as a log for myself now that I'm essentially building a home gym. That doesn't go without saying that I haven't given up on fitness. I try to do an at-home brosplit each week, but I sometimes fall short by missing a day (or up to three) of a body part.

Skipping leg day one too many times is how I ended up with rhabdomyolysis (that destroyed all the muscle I had built over years in just a few days). I had the brilliant idea of doing my regular blood donation, then knowingly going into The Murph as if I were 20 again, dehydrated (not a drinker anymore, but something I could've easily done in my teens/early 20s after a long night of drinking).

The "Murph" workout, a CrossFit Hero WOD, honors Navy SEAL Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy, and consists of a 1-mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, 300 air squats, and another 1-mile run, often performed with a weight vest.

My thighs are now twigs compared to my upper body. I've been slowly getting my strength back, but unfortunately, I'm limited to four sets of body squats at 15 reps each. This will still give me some tenderness and pain for the next two or so days, so I know I'm definitely not as strong and can see the clear size difference now that the swelling has gone down.

Hiking is an adventure with the benefit of fitness.

I still need to get a pack and equipment (I probably will never use except for the weight to carry). But, the equipment might come in handy one day, so it's good to keep around (like water purification kits to a stove for instance).

It's a struggle fighting it, but I'm going to keep pushing.

That's all you can really do!

 

[Shortie]

Yeah, that's me. More fatigue than I've ever had.

It's a struggle fighting it, but I'm going to keep pushing.

It sucks but I feel that is all you can keep doing. At the start my daughter really struggled and it would worry her but now, she is used to it and manages it day to day. It is a shame more can not be done for those with long COVID symptoms but with them still learning so much about COVID, it may take time.

 

[Shawn]

In fact, I was keeping a fitness log here, which I kind of gave up on keeping track of since it was so tedious, but will probably pick it back up as a log for myself now that I'm essentially building a home gym

I need to do that -- keep a fitness log.

I think the very act of writing it down would motivate me to keep active. I always rely on my watch to show me steps and Strava to record my hikes and rides. However, physically writing it down and keeping track might be the better way to go.

 

[Harsh World]

However, physically writing it down and keeping track might be the better way to go.

Also helps you determine whether you're making progress and can give you a clue to switch it up if you hit a plateau, as it's easy to compare from previous notes.

On that note, thanks for replying. I set my dumbbells up earlier this afternoon to get my chest workout in. They've just been sitting there, right in front of me, for hours. This message was enough to get me off my damn keyboard and to put in the work!

 

[Pete Griffin]

I never contracted COVID, or at least if I did it was the version that had no effect at all. I have not noticed any change in my physical condition pre-COVID and post-COVID. I'm just getting old and my knees aren't what they used to be.

 

[Harsh World]

I never contracted COVID, or at least if I did it was the version that had no effect at all. I have not noticed any change in my physical condition pre-COVID and post-COVID. I'm just getting old and my knees aren't what they used to be.

My knees have always been creeky after 25.

I still have a good range of motion and not much pain, but they do make some sounds sometimes.

 

[Pete Griffin]

I still have a good range of motion and not much pain, but they do make some sounds sometimes.

Sometimes the noise my joints make has me wondering who else is in the room! If I have to kneel down it's sometimes a struggle to get back up.

 

[Shawn]

I never contracted COVID, or at least if I did it was the version that had no effect at all. I have not noticed any change in my physical condition pre-COVID and post-COVID. I'm just getting old and my knees aren't what they used to be.

Heh. I hear that.

I'm 6'5" tall. My joints are the first to go it seems. I get a lot of pain when the weather changes. It doesn't help the fact that when I worked in the coal mines, I never used knee pads to crawl around on.