Exercising With Covid-19 Could Worsen Its Long-Term Effects, Study Says

The stress of working out adds to the stress the virus puts on your heart

Ashley Mateo
Elemental
Published in
2 min readSep 4, 2020

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Exercisers often push through pain when it comes to minor injuries or colds, but working out with even mild Covid-19 is looking to be a bad move.

According to a study published in JAMA Cardiology, Covid-19 patients are at risk for heart problems. When researchers performed cardiac MRI testing on 100 adults two to three months after Covid-19 recovery, 78 had…

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Ashley Mateo
Elemental

Ashley Mateo has over a decade’s worth of experience covering fitness and health for publications including the WSJ, Men’s Journal, SELF, and more. @ashleymateo