On frequent occasions, I feel my form fall apart on tougher sets, but I finish regardless of my form. I feel it is more important to force my body to undergo the physiological adaptation resulting from these "near death" sets than to worry about maintaining form.
As long as I imprint the correct form in less strenuous sets I feel it is OK to gut tougher sets out when my form is falling apart. Many times I finish my workout with some shorter repeats to finish and leave the pool with the correct form imprinted in my mind.
This post is as a result of one of today's sets where I simply did not want to "give up" and switch from fly to free. I felt it was important to finish it the way I intended to give me a metal boost that I can do it as well as force the body to adapt. Is this mentality towards training wrong?
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A lot depends on the shape you are in and the race you are training for.
There will be times when your form goes away and you just need to muscle through to get the time, make the set, or even finish. Don't hurt yourself. During those moments I chide myself about my lack of pacing.
Some of my PRs were done in complete agony, some were done with ease.
I can't figure it out, but I prefer ease.
A lot depends on the shape you are in and the race you are training for.
There will be times when your form goes away and you just need to muscle through to get the time, make the set, or even finish. Don't hurt yourself. During those moments I chide myself about my lack of pacing.
Some of my PRs were done in complete agony, some were done with ease.
I can't figure it out, but I prefer ease.
