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?
For me, there are two kinds of "off days". There are days when my stroke feels short and choppy, and I'm just plain fighting the water too much. Then there are days where I'm off to the point where shoulders start to hurt, etc.
In the first case, I'll usually try to stay in as long as I can stand it, but change the goal of the workout. Instead of looking to swim great... the goal becomes to just focus on technique, and stretch things out, etc. Times don't matter as much. It becomes a victory just to last.
On the days where things start to hurt, I just get out, ice, and go home.
Sometimes it takes slogging through an off day or two in order to get to an "on day".
-Rick
For me, there are two kinds of "off days". There are days when my stroke feels short and choppy, and I'm just plain fighting the water too much. Then there are days where I'm off to the point where shoulders start to hurt, etc.
In the first case, I'll usually try to stay in as long as I can stand it, but change the goal of the workout. Instead of looking to swim great... the goal becomes to just focus on technique, and stretch things out, etc. Times don't matter as much. It becomes a victory just to last.
On the days where things start to hurt, I just get out, ice, and go home.
Sometimes it takes slogging through an off day or two in order to get to an "on day".
-Rick
