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To think that if you go home sick...

53 replies

loveulotslikejellytots · 21/01/2014 12:09

You don't go to the gym that evening. I'm feeling generally crap, but of a cold, headache, hot and cold etc. just not comfy at work. My (lovely) boss has told me to go home.

I' exalted DH to say I'll be at home, he's asked if I'm coming to the gym tonight? If I feel the way I do now then I won't be, but he said if I feel better i could go.

AIBU to think that's just not on?

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BillyBanter · 21/01/2014 15:58

Manic, well you shouldn't. If you feel like the OP you shouldn't go to the gym. You should rest for your sake and you should not spread your germs unnecessarily.

MrsTerryPratchett · 21/01/2014 16:01

My kickboxing instructor used to say that you shouldn't exercise with any symptoms below the neck. So, sinus, snuffles, sore throat = fine. Chest cold, temperature, aches = not fine.

Crinkle77 · 21/01/2014 16:07

I don't get people who are off sick then go on facebook to tell everyone how sick they are. Surely if you are that unwell the last thing you would feel like doing is going on the internet to tell everyone about it.

Pawprint · 21/01/2014 16:07

I wouldn't go. If someone from work saw you, you might have some explaining to do. If you're fit enough to go to the gym, you're fit enough to work.

oscarwilde · 21/01/2014 16:14

Go home and nip it in the bud now. You can always do The Shred if you are feeling fabulous later.

coffeewithcreamm · 21/01/2014 16:21

I'd be sacked too if I went out after being sent home (unlikely!)

To be honest, I find it amazing that adults have to even ask this question, it's cut & dried, isn't it? It is in my judgement, anyway.

ilovepowerhoop · 21/01/2014 16:27

netdoctor says don't do it!

MrsTerryPratchett · 21/01/2014 16:33

Netdoctor also says, Remember: all-round fitness incorporates spiritual wellbeing. WTF?

FortyDoorsToNowhere · 21/01/2014 17:09

I wish people would stay at home. If you are not well enough to be in work you are not well enough for the gym.

Have some respect for others and stop spreading the virus around.

NewtRipley · 21/01/2014 17:20

It sounds like you feel you should go to the gym because your DH wants you to. Apologies if I've read that wrong.

newyearhere · 21/01/2014 17:25

Don't go to the gym.

MinesAPintOfTea · 21/01/2014 17:25

You risk getting post viral fatigue by pushing on through even minor illness. Rest up and go to the gym when you're better

NewtRipley · 21/01/2014 17:27

Mind you, I can't imagine a world where not going to the gym would be something I'd feel worried about Grin

Finney2 · 21/01/2014 17:27

You really cannot go home sick then go to the gym. It sounds like your 'going home ill' threshold is fairly low. I have to be on my knees before I go home sick. There's no way I'd be able to go to the gym in that state.

DameDeepRedBetty · 21/01/2014 17:29

Don't go. I don't want your germs and neither do the other gym users.

ProudAS · 21/01/2014 17:50

YANBU - your DH needs a common sense check.

It does depend on the illness though. I'm assuming the OP has some sort of a virus but going to the gym after being sent home with depression is another matter.

ilovesooty · 21/01/2014 18:05

I was sent home last Friday pm after a bout of projectile vomiting at work at lunchtime. No way could I have faced the gym!

Silvercatowner · 21/01/2014 18:08

If you are well enough to go to the gym then you are well enough to work, surely??? I came home from work early this afternoon - feeling like death. I have to be very poorly to come home from work. Currently in bed feeling slightly less death like. Gym..... shudder.

FuckingWankwings · 21/01/2014 18:11

'I have to be on my knees before I go home sick.' Not everyone is necessarily the same, Finney.

Viviennemary · 21/01/2014 18:11

You absolutely shouldn't go. If you were off sick then you are too ill to go to the gym. And then you will be spreading your cold to everyone. Stay at home with a Lemsip and be miserable.

Spottybra · 21/01/2014 18:14

I swear by steam rooms when full of cold/flu.

Silvercatowner · 21/01/2014 18:17

I bet steam rooms are fantastic for spreading germs.

Kafri · 21/01/2014 18:27

Bloody hell, I'm just getting over a throat infection. I've felt absolutely fine throughout but my throat was stupidly sore and the cough....oh the cough. I think going to the gym may well have finished me off!

I'm in the 'if you're well enough to exercise, you're well enough to work' camp.

MinesAPintOfTea · 21/01/2014 20:13

fucking for certain illnesses my going home threshold is quite low (as I have prescription drugs that have side effects much like drunk and nothing else works). But that doesn't mean that I would go to the gym. If you have an infection or other physical illness inn 90% if cases when its forced you home from work the best thing to do for continued good health is rest.

Obviously this doesn't apply for things like stress which are likely to be alleviated a little by exercise endorphins.

Supercosy · 21/01/2014 20:26

It's silly to run or work out when you feel ill. I used to be an absolute manic exerciser, forcing myself to workout through any weather no matter how I felt. I have a different perspective now, for various reasons (being very ill for quite a while and unable to exercise being one of them) and I listen to my body more now. If you're too ill to work you really shouldn't be going to the gym.