I'm curious as to wheather people believe that the 5:30 A.M. practice is what makes swimming such a tough sport. For those of you that religiously attend early morning practices, what's your secret to sticking with it?
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Going back to the original question, does 5:30 AM workouts make swimmers tough, I don't necessarily think it's just the 5:30 AM workout, but it's the workout that follows the same evening and doing this over and over again. When I was an age group swimmer we had 5:30 to 7:00 AM workouts Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. We had evening workouts from 6:30 to 8:30 PM Monday through Friday, with dryland training from 5:30 to 6:20 PM Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. And to top it all off, we had a monster Saturday workout from 7:00 to 10:00 AM, which sometimes we would hit the 10,000 yd threshhold. I think following a weekly schedule like that makes a swimmer tough. Also, we had an "elite team," which were those of us who were idiots who would also workout on Sunday and during meets where we did not shave and taper.
Going back to the original question, does 5:30 AM workouts make swimmers tough, I don't necessarily think it's just the 5:30 AM workout, but it's the workout that follows the same evening and doing this over and over again. When I was an age group swimmer we had 5:30 to 7:00 AM workouts Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. We had evening workouts from 6:30 to 8:30 PM Monday through Friday, with dryland training from 5:30 to 6:20 PM Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. And to top it all off, we had a monster Saturday workout from 7:00 to 10:00 AM, which sometimes we would hit the 10,000 yd threshhold. I think following a weekly schedule like that makes a swimmer tough. Also, we had an "elite team," which were those of us who were idiots who would also workout on Sunday and during meets where we did not shave and taper.
