Help!
I'm trying to aquire the motivation to swim daily...well six days a week, one day of rest. I need to lose around 50 pounds by winter, but I still can't get myself in the pool.
I don't know why. I guess a few reasons could be:
(1) Social anxiety
(2) People seeing how fat I am
(3) Failing
Can someone help me gain motivation to get into the pool so I can improve my life?
Thanks!
Best,
Chris
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Originally posted by gull80
He got hooked pretty fast; now we're both afraid to skip practice for fear that the other guy will gain an edge. Don't tell him, but I think he's starting to pass me now (the early bloomer thing).
C'mon, Doc, if you can't derail this through subterfuge....
If he starts beating you during a practice, wait until he finishes a set and right before the start of the next set, reach over (with that official doctor concerned look on your face) and take his pulse. Say something like "Do you know if FATAL silent heart disease runs in your family? - You know: the kind where your heart explodes under stress and pieces of it come out your mouth with great quantities of blood while you convulse and die horribly." When he gets wide-eyed and wants to know why you are asking, just mumble "Oh, nothing. Nevermind." while cocking your head in a disbelieving/quizical manner and then push off to start the next set.
Years ago, I was in a training session (racewalking) with a guy who was the US record holder for 20k (and 3 time Olympian) and he was hurting me horribly. We were on a dirt road in Colorado that went through some fairly dark tunnels. I knew he was terrified of snakes and as we were about to enter the first tunnel, he was about 30 yards ahead of me and I yelled to him to be careful because snakes MIGHT be in the tunnel since it was a hot day and the tunnel was cool. He came back to me in a millisecond and let me lead the rest of the workout.
-LBJ
Originally posted by gull80
He got hooked pretty fast; now we're both afraid to skip practice for fear that the other guy will gain an edge. Don't tell him, but I think he's starting to pass me now (the early bloomer thing).
C'mon, Doc, if you can't derail this through subterfuge....
If he starts beating you during a practice, wait until he finishes a set and right before the start of the next set, reach over (with that official doctor concerned look on your face) and take his pulse. Say something like "Do you know if FATAL silent heart disease runs in your family? - You know: the kind where your heart explodes under stress and pieces of it come out your mouth with great quantities of blood while you convulse and die horribly." When he gets wide-eyed and wants to know why you are asking, just mumble "Oh, nothing. Nevermind." while cocking your head in a disbelieving/quizical manner and then push off to start the next set.
Years ago, I was in a training session (racewalking) with a guy who was the US record holder for 20k (and 3 time Olympian) and he was hurting me horribly. We were on a dirt road in Colorado that went through some fairly dark tunnels. I knew he was terrified of snakes and as we were about to enter the first tunnel, he was about 30 yards ahead of me and I yelled to him to be careful because snakes MIGHT be in the tunnel since it was a hot day and the tunnel was cool. He came back to me in a millisecond and let me lead the rest of the workout.
-LBJ
