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).
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).
there's lots of reasons for this &
the only thing that makes sense is going on a case by case basis
I sometimes feel wiped out in practice when:
I'm sick or about to get sick
(rest, swim easy, skip)
my blood sugar is low
(eat something sugary)
I'm training longer & or harder & or more frequently than I normally do
(slowly ramp up your training, sharp jumps can be a shock to your system)
I didn't get enough sleep the night before
(go to bed early the night before or after)
some sort of unknown medical situation causing it
I'm out of shape and haven't been training enough
The solution in most cases is:
figure out why
improve your attitude
rest up
Read Swim Faster Faster
In most cases you need to just keep training and showing up
Train harder, smarter, faster, further, more often with a
positive attitude, coached by a
great coach, with
fast fun positive hard working team mates, in a
convenient facility with adequate lane space & at
convenient times while having
tons of fun
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).
there's lots of reasons for this &
the only thing that makes sense is going on a case by case basis
I sometimes feel wiped out in practice when:
I'm sick or about to get sick
(rest, swim easy, skip)
my blood sugar is low
(eat something sugary)
I'm training longer & or harder & or more frequently than I normally do
(slowly ramp up your training, sharp jumps can be a shock to your system)
I didn't get enough sleep the night before
(go to bed early the night before or after)
some sort of unknown medical situation causing it
I'm out of shape and haven't been training enough
The solution in most cases is:
figure out why
improve your attitude
rest up
Read Swim Faster Faster
In most cases you need to just keep training and showing up
Train harder, smarter, faster, further, more often with a
positive attitude, coached by a
great coach, with
fast fun positive hard working team mates, in a
convenient facility with adequate lane space & at
convenient times while having
tons of fun
