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uninstallIE t1_j17tz65 wrote

Reply to comment by ucsdstaff in Physical activity before COVID-19 infection is associated with less severe outcomes. In a study of 194,191 adults with COVID-19, those who were consistently inactive were 191% more likely to be hospitalized and 391% more likely to die than those who were consistently active. by glawgii

Do you have any evidence that there is any exercise threshold, beyond say individuals sessions done to total physical collapse that may temporarily weaken the immune system, worsens the experience of covid?

I think it's more likely to say that there are outliers to norms, and that this person likely would have been worse off if they exercised less.

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ucsdstaff t1_j19n1j8 wrote

https://peterattiamd.com/jamesokeefe/

This is the podcast where i heard the expression:

"The danger in excessive exercise—a reverse J-shaped mortality curve [21:15]"

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HonestIbrahim t1_j19q1zs wrote

Thanks for sharing this. I’m in the “long covid” club despite mild acute covid infections. My pre covid exercise was pretty intense. BJJ 3-4 days a week and strength training 5 days per week… I was definitely overdoing it and tried to resume that activity immediately following my initial covid infection. Health just kept slipping downhill from there. Cardio was awful so I just kept pushing harder, trying to get back to where I was previously. Never thought exercise could be making me worse. Very tough lesson to learn.

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