Sometimes after our workouts I feel completely wiped. (I refer to this as "blowing a gasket"). It's all I can do to drag myself to the car and drive home, which is luckily not very far. Usually it's a sprint workout that will do it. Let's just say that it makes it hard to get work done the rest of the day... Does this happen to anyone else? Any suggestions, other than "don't swim as hard," which seems to be defeat the reason why I am there in the first place? (It doesn't seem to me that I am swimming harder than anyone else).
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Heat is definitely a factor. Although I have had this problem in the winter, when swimming outdoors in 40s-50s weather, heat makes it worse. So, I can really sympathize with your situation. It's hard not to blow a gasket when the pool is hot to begin with.
That reminds me, my blood pressure tends to be on the low side. I know that swimming sometimes temporarily affects the blood pressure, but I never took a closer look to see in which way. I wonder if there's a connection.
Improper nutrition, in my case can sometimes contribute to a bit of fatigue, but that fatigue tends to go away as soon as I eat a few carbs. I can really feel it during the meets, when I don't eat much... but can definately feel a surge of energy after some gatorate, or one of the goo packets.
The low sugar tiredness (to me) feels a bit different then the overall fatigue, that can last for the rest of the day... and makes you need a nap, even just an hour long workout.
I tried hyperventilating a bit in the past, thinking maybe I'm not breathing quite right, and getting a bit oxygen deprived, but that didn't seem to make much differece.
Philoswimmer, how yould you describe your overall cardiovascular conditioning and health?
I suspect that fatigue has something to do with cardio, but I'm not sure what.... Over the years I did a lot of cardio conditioning in water and dryland, and I only feel that fatigue when swimming.
Maybe cardio combined with the body temperature changing a bit from being in the water?
Heat is definitely a factor. Although I have had this problem in the winter, when swimming outdoors in 40s-50s weather, heat makes it worse. So, I can really sympathize with your situation. It's hard not to blow a gasket when the pool is hot to begin with.
That reminds me, my blood pressure tends to be on the low side. I know that swimming sometimes temporarily affects the blood pressure, but I never took a closer look to see in which way. I wonder if there's a connection.
Improper nutrition, in my case can sometimes contribute to a bit of fatigue, but that fatigue tends to go away as soon as I eat a few carbs. I can really feel it during the meets, when I don't eat much... but can definately feel a surge of energy after some gatorate, or one of the goo packets.
The low sugar tiredness (to me) feels a bit different then the overall fatigue, that can last for the rest of the day... and makes you need a nap, even just an hour long workout.
I tried hyperventilating a bit in the past, thinking maybe I'm not breathing quite right, and getting a bit oxygen deprived, but that didn't seem to make much differece.
Philoswimmer, how yould you describe your overall cardiovascular conditioning and health?
I suspect that fatigue has something to do with cardio, but I'm not sure what.... Over the years I did a lot of cardio conditioning in water and dryland, and I only feel that fatigue when swimming.
Maybe cardio combined with the body temperature changing a bit from being in the water?
