How do you keep injuries and sickness from getting you off track?

I think one just has to find a way of modifying your exercise routine to work with injuries or illness. Even just doing a shorter routine may be helpful.

I have nerve damage in my back so pain/injury is a constant. I used to live my life around my injury but I’m working on just living now. So my answer to injury and sickness is be flexible, if you injure your leg work on your upper body, if you have a cold hydrate well and do a gentler workout. If you are really unwell or injured just keep moving as best you can. I never completely stop anymore, it’s too hard to get started again, I recover better by being aware of my body, being flexible and moving.

Should I get sick or injzre myself, I’ll simply swap out the activity, e.g. an excercise, with something I’m able to do. This could be meditation or a mire aware cooking session. This allows me, not to break my habit, but to substitute it for the time of sickness or injury.

I try to practice self-compassion when I am so sick that I must stay in bed to recover. There are times when illness and injury will throw off your schedule - there is no way around it: stuff happens out of your control. However, when I am sick or injured, I try to increase my water intake to help me heal faster. Also, if I am able, I try lighter excercises (stretching or slower paced cardio [short walks or bicycling]). Doing something small is better than nothing. You have to accept the imperfections with the perfections. :)

I don’t know yet, although I do think i’ll try to start small and try to get back on the saddle when get off the track. It’s not your success that defines your character, but how you deal with failure I think.

Well, you know there’s nothing wrong with attending to your health first. You just adapt the routine to be as easy and low-key as you need. Obviously, you sleep as long as you need to recover if you have a high fever. Your ideal breakfast will differ from usual. You might change to simple stretching your limbs a little instead of doing 10 buries with a knee injury. All of that is OK. Keep the sequence going so that when you’re healthy you don’t have to learn it anew

I haven’t had this happen yet. I think if I were injured I’d do, say, two minutes of something else...upper body instead of lower body or vice versa. Just to stay in that frame of mind. I’d add it to my routines so I could check it off instead. I think my frame of mind at that point would be the most important thing. Along with the principle of not being a perfectionist. A perfectionist attitude can cause an ‘all or nothing’ scenario that would be harmful. So small, even tiny goals with a lot of patience for myself:)

I adjust my workout but I still push through. Even when I’m don’t feel great, I find that a light workout help me feel better.

Hi! :) When you are sick or injured, you should listen to your body. And re-focus. If you hurt your ankle, focus on upper-body workouts. If you hurt your wrist, focus on lower-body workouts. It’s just about shifting your focus! When sick.... you may just need rest - or what I do sometimes, is just focus on less intense exercise.... like yoga. Hope this advice helps! :)

I make a point of staying in tune with my own body and having my limitations in mind. At 41 and with a relatively inactive lifestyle, I make an effort to distance myself from a situation where I can suffer an injury. I do not play soccer at a competitive level, but I may play a casual match with my niece and nephew. I ski a couple of days a year, but I always take it slowly, I start on the kids track and build myself to the greens and the blues, but never the blacks. I guess it’s a matter of listening to your body and giving yourself a break, but always having fun !