When swimimg I'd assume most people have "off days" and "on days". During the on days you may feel smooth, relaxed, strong, and that your stroke is technically sound. The off days you may feel sluggish, tight, tired, weak, slow, and your stroke feels sloppy. My question is, can someone standing on deck see the differences in your stroke from one day to the next or is it all in the swimmers head?
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Let me offer a radical suggestion: if you are having a really off day, get yourself out of the pool in the middle of practice and try again tomorrow. Seriously, unless you are in training for a big meet or something else with a date certain, what is the point of pressing through a really bad day, and killing the joy of being in the water? I'm not suggesting that you skip every other practice because you don't feel like it. But, if your goal is to enjoy masters swimming long term, maintaining your zest for swimming maybe more important than suffering through a terrible work-out or two.
Also, your body maybe telling you something. I had a few months when I had an unusually high number of really off days. Turns out I was boderline anemic.
Matt
Let me offer a radical suggestion: if you are having a really off day, get yourself out of the pool in the middle of practice and try again tomorrow. Seriously, unless you are in training for a big meet or something else with a date certain, what is the point of pressing through a really bad day, and killing the joy of being in the water? I'm not suggesting that you skip every other practice because you don't feel like it. But, if your goal is to enjoy masters swimming long term, maintaining your zest for swimming maybe more important than suffering through a terrible work-out or two.
Also, your body maybe telling you something. I had a few months when I had an unusually high number of really off days. Turns out I was boderline anemic.
Matt
