Hi all,
I've been faithfully going to practice 6x week for the past last year without missing but for the occasional work event/meeting keeping me away. I'd say about two weeks ago, after having a few months of making some good improvement in my times, I just started to feel bad in the water in general. I didn't feel like I was progressing at all. I felt like getting through practice was all I could do. I'm not ill or anything.
Now for the past week except for Monday, I've ignored all three of my alarm clocks and have not come to practice despite a fully packed bag ready to go.
I guess I'm just a bit burned out. I feel guilty for missing and know that every day that I'm out of the water I will have a even more painful return swim, but that’s just not been enough to get me out of bed.
Any suggestions for beating burn out?
Many good suggestions.
I don't compete and really have no interest in doing so as I'm not fast enough for it to be worth the time and expense just to race against "myself". That’s not to say that I don’t like getting faster and compete with my lanemates.
I swim mainly for weight management. I have some injuries, so many other easy/common cardio options aren't an option for me. Cutting back sessions/week with the efficiency of my 34 year old fat cells scares me.
For change, I'm going to go swim by myself this weekend and just swim smooth, no workout, no length in mind. If that goes well, I'm on vacation next week, so I'm going to try to force myself back into it and hope that the funk passes. Hopefully, vacation from work might help with this too.
I felt a little swim in me this morning, not enough to get up, but a little.
Many good suggestions.
I don't compete and really have no interest in doing so as I'm not fast enough for it to be worth the time and expense just to race against "myself". That’s not to say that I don’t like getting faster and compete with my lanemates.
I swim mainly for weight management. I have some injuries, so many other easy/common cardio options aren't an option for me. Cutting back sessions/week with the efficiency of my 34 year old fat cells scares me.
For change, I'm going to go swim by myself this weekend and just swim smooth, no workout, no length in mind. If that goes well, I'm on vacation next week, so I'm going to try to force myself back into it and hope that the funk passes. Hopefully, vacation from work might help with this too.
I felt a little swim in me this morning, not enough to get up, but a little.
