A cold or flu or a simple virus can throw away the exercise routine to the winds. The exhaustion and the pain from the sickness can limit your workout. At such times you have to be very careful on how to get back to exercising to get that good sweat which you have been craving for. But how do you assess the setback and get back to exercising. It is said, that if you have been out of the exercising circuit for about a week with lying flat on your back, then as an estimate you might have lost 30 % of your fitness. And a 2 – 3 weeks of training, which is rightly planned can help your physical fitness bounce back. Before you get back at the weight trainer, it is important to ensure that you have been fever free for a minimum of 48 hours and ensure that there is no body ache or joint pain by taking optimum bed rest. It is recommended that an exerciser should refrain from exercising, in case he/she is running fever so that the body is able to retain the energy needed by the i...