Every time there is a thread about "why do competition" I note that it keeps me motivated to swim hard.I am discovering the truth about that for me in a less helpful way.I have a partially torn rotator cuff tendon(supraspinatis) in my left shoulder.Currently they are treating it conservatively with PT.If that works,fine,but if not, I will need surgery.Due to this injury I missed Indy and now MV.I am not supposed to swim with that arm yet,and since I have had problems with the right shoulder before, I thought it best to not do one arm swimming.With only kicking workouts available, and no meets to shoot for, am finding it very hard to enjoy workouts.Yes I can work on streamlining and SDKs etc.,but without a meet that isn't as important as I wish it was.I know many of you have been in this position before and I was wondering how you kept motivated.The one good thing,at least this happened in a year I am at the top of my age group(64.)
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Don't even try to swim in any way right now. Hit the gym, go running, try other fitness oriented activities. I'm a big proponent of overall strength training. I've taken breaks from swimming of 9 years, 13 years and 2 years but was able to get back into swimming fairly quickly each time because I never stopped going to the gym.
Don't even try to swim in any way right now. Hit the gym, go running, try other fitness oriented activities. I'm a big proponent of overall strength training. I've taken breaks from swimming of 9 years, 13 years and 2 years but was able to get back into swimming fairly quickly each time because I never stopped going to the gym.
