I think the questions of training volume and intensity and immune system health are important for individuals to consider.
This has been my biggest lesson over the last 4 months. At the start of this all I was constantly fending off little colds and feeling a bit run down so I intentionally scaled back my training weights and inhabited the 60 - 70% effort range for pretty much all lifts.
I've felt so much better for it, my body reacted very well to it and (touch wood) I have barely had a sniffle for months.
There's a lot to be said for training a bit lighter and not pushing every session. I've read it loads from people with way more experience than me but I guess you have to learn this one on your own terms.
It will be my norm from now on. My body loves it and I feel in the best condition I've been in for half a decade.
I was really looking forward to competing again, it has always been a big part of my life but I guess I'm ok without it too. My goals are to feel good and look good, the spillover from this into the rest of your life is immense.
