Lately, between work,stressing out over trying to get financing on a business deal and training I have just been exhausted. My work-out pace-times have dropped off and my "race-pace" sets are either agonizing or just disappointing. This is from a peak about a month ago when I was swimming seconds faster than my projected race pace on all my 50s,75s, and 100s
So what's the solution? Bumble on through the rough spot and hope there is a light at the end of the tunnel? Stop training for a week or more and recover? Switch training to something else altogether? Or maybe pick the pace up and punish my old bones into obeying the master plan?
For days when my practice times are off, I force myself to switch gears and do drill and stroke work. I still have yet to achieve my optimal stroke, and find that when I'm not able to push through things from a physical perspective, I'll switch gears and work on the fine tuning. After a few sessions I'm able to up the intensity/distance and hopefully a little bit of the fine tuning stays with me. It'll pass. My :2cents:
Good advice! I've been feeling somewhat tired and perhaps overtrained lately as well. And very exhausted. I've therefore done three recovery workouts in a row (2 easy swims focusing on drills and hypoxic work and 1 yoga). I'm hoping to ramp it back up tomorrow. Do you take a day off every week? I think I veered off course a bit when I failed to do this for a few weeks. But don't try to "punish" and "bludgeon" the already old bones! The older we get, the more recovery and smart training we need. Switch gears or cross train for a bit. Or even take a couple days completely off.
For days when my practice times are off, I force myself to switch gears and do drill and stroke work. I still have yet to achieve my optimal stroke, and find that when I'm not able to push through things from a physical perspective, I'll switch gears and work on the fine tuning. After a few sessions I'm able to up the intensity/distance and hopefully a little bit of the fine tuning stays with me. It'll pass. My :2cents:
Good advice! I've been feeling somewhat tired and perhaps overtrained lately as well. And very exhausted. I've therefore done three recovery workouts in a row (2 easy swims focusing on drills and hypoxic work and 1 yoga). I'm hoping to ramp it back up tomorrow. Do you take a day off every week? I think I veered off course a bit when I failed to do this for a few weeks. But don't try to "punish" and "bludgeon" the already old bones! The older we get, the more recovery and smart training we need. Switch gears or cross train for a bit. Or even take a couple days completely off.
