Hi. :help:
Was just wondering how you handle practicing by yourself. My team only practices two times a week and that is obviously not enough time in the water to improve. At practice, we do anywhere between 3,200 and 3,800... and I usually do the same when I swim by myself (right now I'm getting in two solo practices, but I'd like to do more). Usually the USS team or High School is practicing at the same time and that sorta helps get me moving. But how do you guys motivate yourself to keep going - because weekly I am starting to ask myself - "why am I doing this"... when I'm trudging along solo. I do compete and love it... but I just get down and in the gutters once in a while. I usually get my workouts from the "workout forum" here on the site... but do you have any thoughts on how to get more motivated? I hope I don't sound desperate, but just need some feedback from those who are going thru the same thing.
Good topic. Swimming on your own is tough. I did it for years and had a terrible time staying motivated. I found the only thing that worked for me was to make the workout ahead of time so that the doldrums of solo swimming didn't influence my pace. Even now, I swim solo once a week and don't do nearly the effort or intervals that I do with my teammates the other days.
I will tend to emphasize a stroke or distance that we didn't hit hard at team workouts. That way I'm not trying to recreate the team setting.
Good luck! Download workouts, that is a good deal we have here FOR FREE at the forum.
Good topic. Swimming on your own is tough. I did it for years and had a terrible time staying motivated. I found the only thing that worked for me was to make the workout ahead of time so that the doldrums of solo swimming didn't influence my pace. Even now, I swim solo once a week and don't do nearly the effort or intervals that I do with my teammates the other days.
I will tend to emphasize a stroke or distance that we didn't hit hard at team workouts. That way I'm not trying to recreate the team setting.
Good luck! Download workouts, that is a good deal we have here FOR FREE at the forum.
