Hi everyone, any advice is appreciated... I'm signed up for a few open water swims this summer, but I haven't been able to get my motivation up to swim lately. It's been months, really...and I LOVE open water. I want to do well! What's wrong with me? How do I bust out of this swimming funk?? :badday:
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Just some additional reinforcement for the "I'll just do a few laps" argument. It always works for me. And, as with others, invariably when I get to the number of laps I'd set as a minimum, I keep going.
But, you need to be OK with only doing those laps, too, on the theory that something (some laps) is far better than nothing, i.e. not getting in the pool at all. At least once (some of us tell ourselves this sort of thing frequently), you need to stop at that predetermined point, otherwise this ruse won't work for long.
Just some additional reinforcement for the "I'll just do a few laps" argument. It always works for me. And, as with others, invariably when I get to the number of laps I'd set as a minimum, I keep going.
But, you need to be OK with only doing those laps, too, on the theory that something (some laps) is far better than nothing, i.e. not getting in the pool at all. At least once (some of us tell ourselves this sort of thing frequently), you need to stop at that predetermined point, otherwise this ruse won't work for long.
