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?
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Sounds like total immersion in a bath of lactic acid.
Can you still walk? Was it "fun"?
It was satisfying, and the day went quickly. Fun? Well..
Needless to say that no times were spectacular. I backed off on a couple of the 100s, including the first event which was 100 ***. I'd like to do it again a bit fitter and really treat it as a tolerance session. As it was, because of the general fatigue it was hard to really commit on the 100s. I only really pushed to the point of really feeling lactate on two of the 100 swims.
Sounds like total immersion in a bath of lactic acid.
Can you still walk? Was it "fun"?
It was satisfying, and the day went quickly. Fun? Well..
Needless to say that no times were spectacular. I backed off on a couple of the 100s, including the first event which was 100 ***. I'd like to do it again a bit fitter and really treat it as a tolerance session. As it was, because of the general fatigue it was hard to really commit on the 100s. I only really pushed to the point of really feeling lactate on two of the 100 swims.
