Top Ten Ways To Stay Healthy And Avoid Illness

When you’re trying to get fitter and faster, the last thing you want is to get a nasty cold and have to put your training on hold. Sadly, we haven’t got a cure, but here are our our top ten tips to help you prevent getting ill.

We’ve all been there: you wake up feeling a bit groggy, then your nose starts running and the headache kicks in. The worst bit? You can’t train for days, or even weeks. That’s why if you’re serious about hitting your 2015 goals, then you need to make your health a priority. Dan, Si and Matt give you ten top tips on how to boost your immune health, including getting plenty of sleep, cutting down on booze and being unsociable for at least 30 minutes after training.

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[PettyBlue]

Agh, I just lost a month's worth of training due to the flu. Never underestimate the importance of these precautions again. Thanks for the tips - some are all new to me! 

[matthewhilliard]

Matt once and for all confirming how far up the leg to shave.

[peters]

Dan 'like a boss' Lloyd walks into the cafe, helmet off, thermal hat off, and his hair is sitting mint... #HairGoals

[nelsosoares]

Matt is watching is own GCN video presenter! Priceless.

[teuast]

Ran a marathon in May of this year, got something like 3:30. Pretty happy about it. Didn't give myself enough weeks to recover, though, and about three weeks later, on a Tuesday, came down with a nasty fever and sinus infection. Fever broke after a day, and sinuses eventually stopped screaming, but it wasn't until that weekend (and after a friend bought me a neti pot) that I was finally able to clear them. Ended up blowing a glob of mucus the size of a golf ball out onto the bathroom counter, and suddenly remembered what it was to breathe, and I've never been so happy about doing something so simple.

You all *definitely* needed to know that.

[samofdiamonds]

Matt, I can understand you wearing your gcn t shirt in every video, but seriously, sleeping in one is just another level!

[TheTheMScope]

Every time I want to go to bed earlier there's a new GCN Video which I have to watch ;-)

[LosihoTTT]

3:40 - Did. Not. Need. To. See. That.    

[SlowtwitchDe]

at Matt : I hope this is your real bedroom and I also hope you really sleep in your GCN t-Shirts ! This alone, should protect you from getting ill ! :)

LOVE IT !

 

[Rossix]

Dan used to be a pro cyclist?! I had no idea. I wonder if he used to ride for that Cervelo Test Team lot? They were awesome! But not quite as awesome as Matt's Y-fronts and socks combo. Sleep classy folks!

[teroy]

Really did not want to see Matt's moose knuckles so early...

[joebailey]

Matt, please get some boxer shorts. Those tighty whiteys are now emblazed on my retinas forever.  Will have trouble getting any extra hours sleep now:(

[Jesatov]

Thank u for this advices my friends, right now I'm ill, cause of overtraining, I'll just follow this advices not to get ill like this time... Have an awesome week and year!!!

[ChickenRiceMushrooms]

You want us to shower *before* uploading to Strava?
I don't think that's possible.

[figgynewton]

Great video guys! Never fails to amaze me. Cheers all the way from Texas, USA.

[mtnbikehead]

Avoid at all cost, feeling chilled. Light exercise, just enough to break a sweat, short session followed by good warm food and warm shower. Then get into warm comfy clothes and a blanket. I just got over a cold.

[hanhenman]

Dear Matt, i don't know what "get yourself off" (2:30) means in the UK, but over here it means something quite different!

[jamessigl]

Great Video Guy's... I'm laughing all the way through it, but some great point's made... Oh.. Matt I didn't know they still made tidy whites in your size... too funny.
 

[SwedishHouseFifa]

Really need these tips.. been sick for too long!

[ligeiro]

When people say 'bike porn' I think of GCN presenters in undies