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?
1. Try to find people to swim with. Support and friendly competition tends to keep me going through low points.
Have to agree with Eli here - finding people to swim with was key for me. When I went back to school a few years ago, I had to change my schedule up & swim at 5:30 in the morning - and it felt like swimming by myself - that was so hard on my motivation! I solved that by joining my kids old age group team & now train with 15 year olds - it has made a world of difference! There are now 3 "old ladies" on the team, with myself being the oldest of them all - and if someone doesn't show up, we call/text/email them to find out what's up! Having someone expect you to show up is nice - but having someone to gripe about how tired you are after a certain set (in the showers with) is even better!
1. Try to find people to swim with. Support and friendly competition tends to keep me going through low points.
Have to agree with Eli here - finding people to swim with was key for me. When I went back to school a few years ago, I had to change my schedule up & swim at 5:30 in the morning - and it felt like swimming by myself - that was so hard on my motivation! I solved that by joining my kids old age group team & now train with 15 year olds - it has made a world of difference! There are now 3 "old ladies" on the team, with myself being the oldest of them all - and if someone doesn't show up, we call/text/email them to find out what's up! Having someone expect you to show up is nice - but having someone to gripe about how tired you are after a certain set (in the showers with) is even better!
