Ever since Tuesday this past week, I've felt like utter crap in the pool!! I can't swim my usual 500 freestyle warmup without getting winded. I'm not quite sure what's up. I took Wednesday off as a recovery day. Did my dryland/running routine on Thursday, took Friday as a recovery day and was back in the pool today. I was crappy again. Granted, I was sharing a lane today and had to stop to monitor the weather status at the outdoor pool, given by the lifeguards every few minutes. We finally moved inside, and while it did get a little better, it still didn't feel good. I DON'T like it, when I don't feel good in the water. I hate workouts, where I feel like I'm struggling every stroke. What's wrong with me?
The only thing I can figure is I've ramped up my exercise routine the past 3 weeks. For the past 2 weeks, I've worked out/swam 6 days a week. Maybe, I just crashed this week. Here's hoping for a better week next week. Now I have to decide whether tomorrow is a workout day or not? Anyone have any experience with this kind of thing?
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I second the idea that you may have ramped up too quickly, or are not getting enough rest between workouts. Back in May when I had LC opportunity, I made sure I swam at the weekends as well as Tues/Thurs and would swim 4.5k or so each time. However, the weekend I swam Sunday 11am-12.30, then Tuesday 9.30am - 11, I felt shattered on the Tuesday, and all I could think of was that I had not had a full 48 hours between the start of each workout. Pretty pathetic when you think about it really! Still I carried on and stretched it out a bit, and then was fine on the Thursday's workout.
Hope you start feeling better soon :D
I second the idea that you may have ramped up too quickly, or are not getting enough rest between workouts. Back in May when I had LC opportunity, I made sure I swam at the weekends as well as Tues/Thurs and would swim 4.5k or so each time. However, the weekend I swam Sunday 11am-12.30, then Tuesday 9.30am - 11, I felt shattered on the Tuesday, and all I could think of was that I had not had a full 48 hours between the start of each workout. Pretty pathetic when you think about it really! Still I carried on and stretched it out a bit, and then was fine on the Thursday's workout.
Hope you start feeling better soon :D
