and I wanted to ask a few questions.
I got into this in September (yep, three months ago) because I was interested in losing weight as well as learning a bit of what my son (who is on a club team) goes through. I've always loved swimming. I honestly had no intention of competing and I still feel kind of... unsure about it. I'm not the fastest, I certainly don't have a ton of endurance.
So, I guess I'm asking, if you started late (and judging from what I've read here, I am) when do you break through? During practice, quite often, I feel as though if I'm asked to swim another lap, I might go crazy. And I feel like I don't belong there. There are other people on the team that I just :notworthy: to because they rock.
I've been telling myself that even if I feel like I can't go another yard, push myself to keep going. But the other part of me just says, heck no! I don't have to do anything I don't want to do. It's like the good angel, bad angel. Although, the good angel is winning lately.
Suggestions to get past that mental block I seem to have? It would be appreciated. Thanks for reading.
Lisa
Break throughs are a weird phenomenon. You'll be working out for weeks, or in some cases months, then one day you'll jump in the pool and be faster. That's why you want the "good angel" to keep winning. Some days that bad angel will win and that's ok, too. All you can do is try and limit the bad angel days. The best way I've found is to workout with a partner. I swim before I go to work so I'm usually in the water at 6:00am. Believe me if I knew no one else was counting on me showing up the warm bed and soft pillow would win out more often that not. But, because I know my partner is waiting I somehow manage to get to the pool. Once you develop your routine, it gets easier. Good Luck.
Break throughs are a weird phenomenon. You'll be working out for weeks, or in some cases months, then one day you'll jump in the pool and be faster. That's why you want the "good angel" to keep winning. Some days that bad angel will win and that's ok, too. All you can do is try and limit the bad angel days. The best way I've found is to workout with a partner. I swim before I go to work so I'm usually in the water at 6:00am. Believe me if I knew no one else was counting on me showing up the warm bed and soft pillow would win out more often that not. But, because I know my partner is waiting I somehow manage to get to the pool. Once you develop your routine, it gets easier. Good Luck.
