HOW TO??
I'm currently on a masters team on a US base here in Europe. I have to leave here soon and have been searching for a place to swim on a team in Oklahoma City. Well the past couple of weeks I have not had a lot of luck in finding one. So I've decided to try to take matters in my own hands, though I've never really been able to do this.
I know of a pool I can get to. It's just the whole going and making myself do a good 3-4K workout everyday. Without someone to push me I have quite a hard time and get bored very easily and quickly. I've swam competitivly since I was a little kid and just need to stay in swim shape (love those arms).
Any of you had this same problem and could help me see the light at the end that maybe this could be accomplished? Thanks
Kelli,
Parents
Former Member
Is your problem motivating yourself during the workout, or motivating yourself to go to the workout in the first place? If it's the latter...
This might sound a little weird, but that's because it is. Convince yourself that if you don't work out you'll die. That's what I did. I told myself that if I didn't work out I would contract a whole host of diseases and have heart attacks, strokes, pulmonary embolisms, gout, ulcers, gall stones, brain tumors, diabetes and herpes. I have made working out a matter of life and death. I must go work out, as working out is as important as anything else I do (or moreso).
Whenever I work out, I do feel better. That just adds to the effect. When I don't have that loose, relaxed feeling and clear head from swimming 3500m, I think I'm going to succumb and want to get back into the pool.
Swim or die.:)
Is your problem motivating yourself during the workout, or motivating yourself to go to the workout in the first place? If it's the latter...
This might sound a little weird, but that's because it is. Convince yourself that if you don't work out you'll die. That's what I did. I told myself that if I didn't work out I would contract a whole host of diseases and have heart attacks, strokes, pulmonary embolisms, gout, ulcers, gall stones, brain tumors, diabetes and herpes. I have made working out a matter of life and death. I must go work out, as working out is as important as anything else I do (or moreso).
Whenever I work out, I do feel better. That just adds to the effect. When I don't have that loose, relaxed feeling and clear head from swimming 3500m, I think I'm going to succumb and want to get back into the pool.
Swim or die.:)
