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.
best part about practicing solo is specializing in your events
Yes! I think of myself as a breaststroker, although my breaststroke is so slow that I rarely can do it when I practice with the team, so now my free and *** are pretty comparable (free has improved, *** has degraded).
So when I swim by myself I very rarely do any freestyle. I like to warmup with an 800 rev IM, drill/kick by 25. Then lots of flutter kicking, *** drills, and *** sets (all those things that I am too slow to do a lot of with the team). And now after reading Allen's and Wayne's posts, I plan to do some eggbeater.
I am in awe of all you that do all your practices on your own. I'm not any good at really pushing myself through aerobic sets by myself. And I don't usually last more than 2000 yards on my own, either.
best part about practicing solo is specializing in your events
Yes! I think of myself as a breaststroker, although my breaststroke is so slow that I rarely can do it when I practice with the team, so now my free and *** are pretty comparable (free has improved, *** has degraded).
So when I swim by myself I very rarely do any freestyle. I like to warmup with an 800 rev IM, drill/kick by 25. Then lots of flutter kicking, *** drills, and *** sets (all those things that I am too slow to do a lot of with the team). And now after reading Allen's and Wayne's posts, I plan to do some eggbeater.
I am in awe of all you that do all your practices on your own. I'm not any good at really pushing myself through aerobic sets by myself. And I don't usually last more than 2000 yards on my own, either.
