Hi Gang,
I'm in my mid-fifties and find I am tired for two days following a hard Sunday workout. It's been sometime since I've pushed myself physically like this so I'm not used to needed a decent amount of recovery time.
When I say I am tired what I mean is I feel that my eyes are heavy and I'm not up for doing exercise for 2 days after my workout. I've been back at swimming for about 3 months and currently push myself at least 1x per week under a coach. This equals about 3000 yards.
Any thoughts and/or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Thanks Allen. I hope taking things a bit slower will help. It's pretty discouraging to think I can't put a tough workout it without heavy eyelids for the following two days. I'll take a look at my nutrition too - it's not the best. I pretty much avoid the real junk but I'm sure I could do better.
Too much too quickly is a good way to injure yourself, too. I had several setbacks dating to October, then after a couple of failed restarts, I said "screw it, I'm just going to go hard," and injured my elbow (!?). So instead of slowing down, I just did more kick sets and different UDK drills. And then I hurt my back......pretty badly. So that impatience set me back nearly 2 months. Not to mention the cost of the physical therapy.
Thanks Allen. I hope taking things a bit slower will help. It's pretty discouraging to think I can't put a tough workout it without heavy eyelids for the following two days. I'll take a look at my nutrition too - it's not the best. I pretty much avoid the real junk but I'm sure I could do better.
Too much too quickly is a good way to injure yourself, too. I had several setbacks dating to October, then after a couple of failed restarts, I said "screw it, I'm just going to go hard," and injured my elbow (!?). So instead of slowing down, I just did more kick sets and different UDK drills. And then I hurt my back......pretty badly. So that impatience set me back nearly 2 months. Not to mention the cost of the physical therapy.
