Does anyone else out there swim alone and not with a team? I have been doing this for about nine months now, and have used meets as the means of keeping me motivated. Now after Spring Nationals, I find that even trying to swim a mile three to five times a week tests my patience....I just get bored really quickly, and trips to the pool become less and less appealing.
I'd like to return to 2 mile workouts to be in shape for some of the events I'd like to tackle at state next month - mainly distances over 50 and 100. This weekend I tried some 200 meter events and tired out too early. Any suggestions on how I can become a stronger swimmer, beat the boredom, and become more motivated?
Thanks!
Katherine
Parents
Former Member
I swim on my own too. The thing that keeps me interested is to do a lot of variety in my workouts. Ideally, I swim 5 days a week and I do one day focusing on each of the 4 strokes and the fifth is an IM day. The other variety is to do two of the strokes as distance and two as sprint workouts. Then next week switch.
My favorite workout is still the IM workout. But it also wipes me out the fastest.
I use the workouts here some and then make some up on my own. I also have two breaststroke workouts that I work in from time to time (one from Wayne McCauley and one from Phillip Whitten).
My other motivation is the scale.:)
I swim on my own too. The thing that keeps me interested is to do a lot of variety in my workouts. Ideally, I swim 5 days a week and I do one day focusing on each of the 4 strokes and the fifth is an IM day. The other variety is to do two of the strokes as distance and two as sprint workouts. Then next week switch.
My favorite workout is still the IM workout. But it also wipes me out the fastest.
I use the workouts here some and then make some up on my own. I also have two breaststroke workouts that I work in from time to time (one from Wayne McCauley and one from Phillip Whitten).
My other motivation is the scale.:)
