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.
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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. Have you contemplated flow / hatha yoga classes? Free weights are also great for weight managment, IMHO. I'm not an expert, but I think more muscle helps with increasing metabolism.
... 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
A great suggestion. In addition, Rachael, given your concerns about competing, most OW races (at least where I swim) have loads of tri-folks who are not the most excellent swimmers. The more party-esque, even more laid-back air of most open water swims is also appealing.
Many good suggestions.
...
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. Have you contemplated flow / hatha yoga classes? Free weights are also great for weight managment, IMHO. I'm not an expert, but I think more muscle helps with increasing metabolism.
... 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
A great suggestion. In addition, Rachael, given your concerns about competing, most OW races (at least where I swim) have loads of tri-folks who are not the most excellent swimmers. The more party-esque, even more laid-back air of most open water swims is also appealing.
