Somewhere in the past two weeks, I've hit either a workout wall or some kind of mental burnout in swimming.
After finally completing 2000 yards (I am a natural sprinter, so I STRUGGLED), I quickly went downhill, first hardly breaking 1200 yards, then 600 yards, and last week, I had to get out at 150 yards. I'm not sure if it's because I started cross training in kickboxing or whether my workouts now fall in between me teaching two to three swimming classes in a row, or what, but I just feel burnt out and unmotivated (and now that the high school swim team has started practicing at the same time I begin laps, I feel even less motivated! :( )
Any suggestions on keeping my spirits up and getting past this burn out wall?
I find the solution to burnout simple: variety is the spice of life. Change up your workout routine -- including new out of the pool experiences -- and change up the events you're training for when you're in the pool. I think too many masters swimmers get locked into a fixed mindset of what "their events" are and only train for those. The beauty of Masters is that you can train for whatever you feel like training for. So, you think you're a sprinter ... try training for a 4K open water swim ... try training for the 200 breaststroke. Mix it up. Have fun.
I find the solution to burnout simple: variety is the spice of life. Change up your workout routine -- including new out of the pool experiences -- and change up the events you're training for when you're in the pool. I think too many masters swimmers get locked into a fixed mindset of what "their events" are and only train for those. The beauty of Masters is that you can train for whatever you feel like training for. So, you think you're a sprinter ... try training for a 4K open water swim ... try training for the 200 breaststroke. Mix it up. Have fun.
