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?
I hate dumping an interval to "catch my breath", I hate switching from fly to free, I hate grabbing paddles, and I really hate reaching for fins.
It seems like the consensus so far is that this breakdown is part of tough sets and sometimes can't/shouldn't be avoided.
The way I look at it, if the form breaks down too much I will miss the interval, but I can make it, then perhaps it did not break down as much as I feel it did.
I know that sometimes my form just isn't right and a wonder if I should stop. I try to keep track of missed intervals and I try to make up the yardage while people are getting out of the pool.
I hate dumping an interval to "catch my breath", I hate switching from fly to free, I hate grabbing paddles, and I really hate reaching for fins.
It seems like the consensus so far is that this breakdown is part of tough sets and sometimes can't/shouldn't be avoided.
The way I look at it, if the form breaks down too much I will miss the interval, but I can make it, then perhaps it did not break down as much as I feel it did.
I know that sometimes my form just isn't right and a wonder if I should stop. I try to keep track of missed intervals and I try to make up the yardage while people are getting out of the pool.
