I'm an overweight 52 year old man who has made a somewhat miraculous return to swimming. I've been swimming 4 to 6 times a week for about 12 weeks now. My workouts began with 9 x 50's the first week and have progressed to about 1800 yards in about 50 minutes (typically 2x450's, 200 kick with fins, 5x100's free, pull or paddles, and 4x 50's). I had a swim buddy but he finally decided that he just hated getting in the pool so he quit on me. So I found a small group of Masters swimmers at my club who swim early morning at 5:15 AM and I joined them this week because I find it very difficult to stay motivated swimming solo.
When I showed up this morning no one was there, so I jumped in and started swimming. I had ZERO MOJO, didn't want to be there, the voice in my head was screaming quit, quit already. I felt tired and lazy and barely managed to finish a sloppy 1500 yards. I've felt this way in the pool before and I think it's how my buddy felt and why he quit. Does anyone have suggestions as to how to fight this feeling some days and how to stay motivated and determined everyday you go to swim? I mean it's 5:00 AM and you're already there, why not just bust it out and finish your workout. Thanks for listening to my personal appeal for help.
This is the number one thing that keeps me out of the pool. They've been keeping my local pool at 86 all year. (I blame noodlers.) Just thinking about it makes me want to cancel my membership. At this point, the only thing keeping me there is the proximity - it's a 16-mile round trip instead of 60 miles.
I'm beginning to think that water temp is more of an issue than I originally thought. My pool's been running at 89-90° for the past 2.5 months. It's caused me to greatly reduce my swims in both intensity and duration. It's supposed to be kept at 85°, which is still a bit warm, but tolerable. This Monday I was able to swim with my daughter's team in a different pool, and it was 82°. I wanted to cry it was so nice. Long story short, hot water can zap mojo in a big way, at least for me. :bliss:
This is the number one thing that keeps me out of the pool. They've been keeping my local pool at 86 all year. (I blame noodlers.) Just thinking about it makes me want to cancel my membership. At this point, the only thing keeping me there is the proximity - it's a 16-mile round trip instead of 60 miles.
I'm beginning to think that water temp is more of an issue than I originally thought. My pool's been running at 89-90° for the past 2.5 months. It's caused me to greatly reduce my swims in both intensity and duration. It's supposed to be kept at 85°, which is still a bit warm, but tolerable. This Monday I was able to swim with my daughter's team in a different pool, and it was 82°. I wanted to cry it was so nice. Long story short, hot water can zap mojo in a big way, at least for me. :bliss:
