Covid’s Effects On Exercise and More!

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Imagine you’re working out as you’ve done countless times.

But halfway through your routine, you feel gassed.

It’s like someone ripped the energy right from you.

Within an hour or two, you feel physically drained, as if you have a sickness coming on.

Just getting up to do everyday things wipes you out.

But it’s not a cold or flu.

In fact, it’s not even a new illness.

It’s “Long Covid” — the lingering, intermittent, often unpredictable return of symptoms months or even years following your initial infection with the virus that causes Covid-19.

The U.S. government estimates that 7.5 percent of American adults — close to 20 million people (That number takes into account all US adults, not just those who were infected with Covid.) — still experience symptoms of Covid-19 more than 12 weeks after they first appeared.1

Almost all of them experience exertional intolerance.

Any effort — physical, mental, or emotional — can trigger or exacerbate their symptoms. If they can work at all, it’s usually with reduced hours or limited duties.2

Doctors, researchers, and therapists are still scratching their heads to figure out what’s going on —…