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?
I felt a little swim in me this morning, not enough to get up, but a little.
I like that approach and use it often. Wait until you have that feeling back and maybe mix it up a bit once you get back in the water. Do more sprints, do long slow-paced stuff and don't look at the clock, or try to get better in your weaker strokes. Doing consistent interval training only can be a drag. Some of the swimmers on our team like to do open water swimming in the summer. Maybe they like it because it is outdoors or because the pace clock isn't relevant, but it seems like the open water swimmers suffer less from burn-out.
Tim
I felt a little swim in me this morning, not enough to get up, but a little.
I like that approach and use it often. Wait until you have that feeling back and maybe mix it up a bit once you get back in the water. Do more sprints, do long slow-paced stuff and don't look at the clock, or try to get better in your weaker strokes. Doing consistent interval training only can be a drag. Some of the swimmers on our team like to do open water swimming in the summer. Maybe they like it because it is outdoors or because the pace clock isn't relevant, but it seems like the open water swimmers suffer less from burn-out.
Tim
