https://community.usms.org/health-and-nutrition/f/health-and-wellness/32225/back-to-the-pool-after-the-flu--when-and-how-muchAm starting to recover from a bad case of Influenza A that not only kept me out of the pool for over a week, but unable to participate in our state SCY event next weekend. What is everyone else&#39;s experience swimming after having the flu?en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/295820?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 06 Mar 2024 03:22:29 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:db41c2ec-45cf-4cd4-bf07-fed7e36f30724900K<p>It took me a month to bounce back completely from COVID. I hope you are back at it!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/295765?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 25 Feb 2024 20:39:51 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:fe606b7b-8229-4e98-9b8b-15f872814e63Allen Stark<p>Sorry, I should check this thread more often. I expect your completely cured by now. When I am coming back from an illness like this. I get back in the water&nbsp; when I have no systemic symptoms. Then I go a lot by heart rate and determining what I&#39;m capable of. I take my heart rate frequently in regular workouts so I know if I&#39;m doing something where I expect it to be 110 to 120 and it&#39;s 130 to 140 I know I&#39;m not ready to do that right then and need to do something easy. I keep checking until I&#39;m back to where I want to be. I hope that helps. It seems to always take longer than i would like.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>