As I suspect, some masters swimmers like myself have to take various health conditions into consideration in recovering from a meet. In my younger years, I all too often made the mistake of riding on endorphins and adrenalin from the meet and went into practice the next day, tearing up the workout. Inevitably, I would get sick or get into a cycle of being so fatigued that my next meet would be disappointing.
No matter how good I feel the day after a big meet, I make myself stay out of the pool for several days. I do other types of exercise like walking and yoga. I'm just an average masters swimmer, but I've been able to do masters swimming for 16 years now without any intervening injuries from swimming.
One thing I have noticed over the years is that you really never know how tired you are until you slow down. Sometimes you need to slow down so that you can feel just how tired your body is.
As I suspect, some masters swimmers like myself have to take various health conditions into consideration in recovering from a meet. In my younger years, I all too often made the mistake of riding on endorphins and adrenalin from the meet and went into practice the next day, tearing up the workout. Inevitably, I would get sick or get into a cycle of being so fatigued that my next meet would be disappointing.
No matter how good I feel the day after a big meet, I make myself stay out of the pool for several days. I do other types of exercise like walking and yoga. I'm just an average masters swimmer, but I've been able to do masters swimming for 16 years now without any intervening injuries from swimming.
One thing I have noticed over the years is that you really never know how tired you are until you slow down. Sometimes you need to slow down so that you can feel just how tired your body is.
