Difference in recovery between tapered vs. non-tapered meets
Former Member
Just wondering if any of you have experienced a difference in your recovery between tapered and non-tapered meets. This weekend I swam my first truly non-tapered meet. My times weren't that far off my best times, which was fairly encouraging. However, I did notice that on the second day of the meet I was more fatigued than I normally am on the second day of meets, with other variables being similar. And today I had a particularly crappy practice -- couldn't hit intervals that normally wouldn't be a problem for me, even the day after most meets. Should I be concerned, with Nationals two and a half weeks from now? Or is this to be expected and the result of not tapering for this meet?
I think I'm probably obsessing too much. Nats nerves, I guess. :)
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Former Member
Chocolate milk is good, but I wouldn't drink it at a meet unless it was after my last event. It wouldn't be the best thing for my stomach during a meet. I just stick to Gatorade and Met-Rx Big 100 Bars from Wal-Mart and Bananas. My diet doesn't vary all that much during training so I'm gonna keep the same eating habits at Nationals.
Chocolate milk is good, but I wouldn't drink it at a meet unless it was after my last event. It wouldn't be the best thing for my stomach during a meet. I just stick to Gatorade and Met-Rx Big 100 Bars from Wal-Mart and Bananas. My diet doesn't vary all that much during training so I'm gonna keep the same eating habits at Nationals.
