So I noticed that whenever I swim any kind of distance set (like >500 yards) I get pretty aggravating headaches. I'm the kind of person who does get pretty severe, frequent headaches just in general, but when I swim this only happens when I crank up the distance a little. Has this happened to anyone else? I can't really think of a good reason why, and I thought if I could figure out the issue, I may be able to take care of it.
For now I just tough it out and keep going, but it's not really fun as I'm sure you can imagine.
Anyway, if anyone has any thoughts of this I'd love to hear them!
Thanks
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So I noticed that whenever I swim any kind of distance set (like >500 yards) I get pretty aggravating headaches.
Perhaps your blood pressure is rising or it is blood pressure related?
Sounds like you might have solved your problem. I would just throw in that I'm headache-prone too and tend to get pretty rad headaches when I don't breathe every other stroke. If you're breathing every 3rd, try every other.
Listen to the wisdom of your body and you will hear it shout
DON'T DO DISTANCE
Could be many reasons:
Go see your doctor
could be a hydration issue, maybe drink water or a sport drink before or during practice
could be a body heat thing, swim at an easier pace, don't wear a cap
maybe take asprin or Ibuprophen before practice
Take breaks, skip a 50 or 100 here and there turn the D set into a Mid D set
Read up on head aches to see if you can pin point the cause
Describe the head aches, location? intensity? duration?
What else?
Headaches
Again I think the best solution is: DON'T DO DISTANCE
Btw hydration issue is quite a serious thing. If you don't drink enough during day, a drink before or during workout won't save situation. When your body gets dehydrated it might take up to 72 hours to rehydrate it that's why you might still have headaches and feel sluggish.
Normal human being without some medical restrictions needs to drink about 0.6oz of liquid per 1lb of the body weight daily which equals about 2.5 - 3.5 liters. Don't drink all that amount in 1-2 times, it's better to split the daily amount into small portions during a day. Remember that coffee doesn't count because it actually drives water out of your body!
Another interesting thing I read in the book for triathloners that for every pound of the body weight you lose during the workout you need additionally 1.5 pound of liquid additionally to the daily amount.
