This week has been somewhat hectic with work and travel. Normally, I swim 5-6 days a week for an 1-1/2 to 2 hours. This week, I have only been able to manage about 30 minutes to 45 minutes at a time. A few days, my body just hasn't been able to get up and go.
So, this I decided to use my limited time to swim with good form and let this week become a recovery week. Keeping my feel for the water, letting my body recover and just enjoy what little time I get in the water.
Do any of you do recovery days/weeks? Do you see anything wrong with doing a week like mine? Esp. since outside influences have changed my normal routine.
Any input/advice is most welcomed! Thanks in advance.
John
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Your college experience sounds exactly like my pre-masters experience. Thankfully, I have a mentor/coach writing my workouts who is not motivated by superstition or ego so he is more level headed in recommending recovery. He has done a lot to help me recognize the value of recovery.
This post caught my eye because I was just reading my planned training schedule between now and Worlds. Seven weeks from now, I will have a 1 week recovery period, even though Worlds is roughly 14 weeks from now.
Does that worry me? Perhaps a little. I, too, compare my current training to my pre-masters days. But for me the leap of faith is much easier, now. I do no more than 4500 a workout, 6 days a week (my daily average is probably about 3800 yards). I have already recognized that I am doing pretty well on 3800 yards compared with the > 10K that I would have done prior to age 28. So to believe that I can do more with less is not so difficult now.
Your college experience sounds exactly like my pre-masters experience. Thankfully, I have a mentor/coach writing my workouts who is not motivated by superstition or ego so he is more level headed in recommending recovery. He has done a lot to help me recognize the value of recovery.
This post caught my eye because I was just reading my planned training schedule between now and Worlds. Seven weeks from now, I will have a 1 week recovery period, even though Worlds is roughly 14 weeks from now.
Does that worry me? Perhaps a little. I, too, compare my current training to my pre-masters days. But for me the leap of faith is much easier, now. I do no more than 4500 a workout, 6 days a week (my daily average is probably about 3800 yards). I have already recognized that I am doing pretty well on 3800 yards compared with the > 10K that I would have done prior to age 28. So to believe that I can do more with less is not so difficult now.
