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?
Know thyself. "Keeping it fun" is all about doing what I think is fun, not what anybody else thinks is fun.
Over the past couple of years, I've invented a bunch of sometimes-crazy, sometimes not-so-crazy projects for myself to sustain my interest. Yes, this is a sometimes-peculiar idea of "fun":
Yeah, I hear ya! That's why I decided to see how much fly I could swim non-stop :bliss: and ended up swimming 2,000 yards (but stopped when the memory card was full on the camera my husband was using to video me.) :rolleyes:
Today's workout included "broken" IM's (800-600-400-200-100). I was training with my coach, but couldn't keep his intervals, so my 800, 600, and 400 were NOT broken, except in between each IM. It was fun! :D
Your idea of "keeping it fun" is quite similar to mine. I have discovered a love for brute squad events and crazy meet line-ups, just to see how I do. I also thought it was fun racing a 3K, getting out of the water, then turning around and heading out with the 1K group a few minutes later. :banana:
The only difference in our idea of "fun" is that I am obsessive with GTD; I love keeping track! I hit my goal for the year already, though (400 miles), so now I just want to see where I end up, without setting a new goal. :agree:
Swimosaur, are you coming down to Georgia for the St. Nick's meet at Georgia Tech, on December 15? Steve, how about you? :cheerleader:
Know thyself. "Keeping it fun" is all about doing what I think is fun, not what anybody else thinks is fun.
Over the past couple of years, I've invented a bunch of sometimes-crazy, sometimes not-so-crazy projects for myself to sustain my interest. Yes, this is a sometimes-peculiar idea of "fun":
Yeah, I hear ya! That's why I decided to see how much fly I could swim non-stop :bliss: and ended up swimming 2,000 yards (but stopped when the memory card was full on the camera my husband was using to video me.) :rolleyes:
Today's workout included "broken" IM's (800-600-400-200-100). I was training with my coach, but couldn't keep his intervals, so my 800, 600, and 400 were NOT broken, except in between each IM. It was fun! :D
Your idea of "keeping it fun" is quite similar to mine. I have discovered a love for brute squad events and crazy meet line-ups, just to see how I do. I also thought it was fun racing a 3K, getting out of the water, then turning around and heading out with the 1K group a few minutes later. :banana:
The only difference in our idea of "fun" is that I am obsessive with GTD; I love keeping track! I hit my goal for the year already, though (400 miles), so now I just want to see where I end up, without setting a new goal. :agree:
Swimosaur, are you coming down to Georgia for the St. Nick's meet at Georgia Tech, on December 15? Steve, how about you? :cheerleader:
