I'm struggling to find the motivation and energy to get in the water today. Fast, demanding work week, finally a blessed AM of sleeping in without an alarm clock (at somewhere near 10 hours).
But I've got an open water swim a week from now. While I didn't get in enough yardage to need to taper, and my goals for the swim are simply to be safe and have fun, I don't want to be physically limited in the waters of Lake Superior. So I feel compelled to go to the pool.
How do others manage the trade-off of rest vs. training?
Off to the pool now. I'll let you know how it goes.
our study provides experimental evidence that mental fatigue limits exercise
tolerance in humans through higher perception of effort rather than cardiorespiratory and musculoenergetic mechanisms
This isn't hard to believe at all.
for the most part, I end up swimming a hard workout or I don't swim at all.
Sounds like the basis of a bumper sticker: swim hard or go home.
our study provides experimental evidence that mental fatigue limits exercise
tolerance in humans through higher perception of effort rather than cardiorespiratory and musculoenergetic mechanisms
This isn't hard to believe at all.
for the most part, I end up swimming a hard workout or I don't swim at all.
Sounds like the basis of a bumper sticker: swim hard or go home.
