Lately I am becoming more aware of (even if they are not more frequent) days when I step on the gas but the tank is empty. Those are the days when I want to put a bullet through the pace clock. I was wondering if anyone else notices the same thing, and if so what they do about it.
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Maybe that "empty tank" feeling isn't such a bad thing - it may mean you are doing everything RIGHT! I didn't get married and have kids and work at a great job so that everyone else could stop while I train and compete in masters swimming. On a DAILY basis, the ROUTINE itself is a priority, but not how I feel or how fast I swim. Whatever you have LEFT in the tank is what you give to masters swimming. The key is to pick and choose the lowest hanging fruit and make improvement there - whether it is technique, nutrition, frequency, commitment (mental), etc....
At any point in time, there are a select few masters swimmers who can and do make swimming a priority, another big group is in roughly good shape, and a whole bunch are either coming in/coming out due to work, illness, injury, enthusiam, life cycle (having kids) etc....just recognize where you are on that spectrum and having empty tank days may then seem like SUCCESS days!
I like that. Thanks.
Maybe that "empty tank" feeling isn't such a bad thing - it may mean you are doing everything RIGHT! I didn't get married and have kids and work at a great job so that everyone else could stop while I train and compete in masters swimming. On a DAILY basis, the ROUTINE itself is a priority, but not how I feel or how fast I swim. Whatever you have LEFT in the tank is what you give to masters swimming. The key is to pick and choose the lowest hanging fruit and make improvement there - whether it is technique, nutrition, frequency, commitment (mental), etc....
At any point in time, there are a select few masters swimmers who can and do make swimming a priority, another big group is in roughly good shape, and a whole bunch are either coming in/coming out due to work, illness, injury, enthusiam, life cycle (having kids) etc....just recognize where you are on that spectrum and having empty tank days may then seem like SUCCESS days!
I like that. Thanks.
