Post Viral Blues

[Trek420]

RoadRaven wrote "I think there is some study/research to show that fitness, when linked with weight loss, can be linked to sickness. Stange i know, but its to do with how much reserve our bodies carry to fight infection, and as atheletes get fitter BUT ALSO LIGHTER... they become more susceptible... there is less body mass to fight off those unwanted sniffles etc and it is more likely to turn to a secondary infection because of less body mass, and also because atheletes diet does not help in fighting illness..."

Not weight necessarily.

I also read something similar, my understanding is it has to do with white blood cell count. On the one hand as we increase endurance we get a healthy red blood cell count. Aparently it "crowds out" the white blood cells which have to do with immune system.

I read this in some coverage of the TdF, the racers have to be very careful on flight over there, in the time shortly before the race theu are very susceptable to anything out there. But I think that applies to ultra cyclists, not mere mortals like me.