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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Define exhausted.
1. Are you primarily sleepy, like you feel this overwhelming need to go back to sleep after a sprint practice?
Very often. That's the one I can't pinpoint why it's happening. I get plenty of sleep, by many people's standards too much.
2. Are you primarily shakey, trembly, feeling almost faint, all of the above topped off with hunger pangs and fantasies of Snickers bars? Then you might well have hypoglycemia of exercise. My recommendation: a packet of Gu Chomps before practice, and a glass of chocolate milk afterwards.
Almost never, only on occasion during a long swim meet day, if I forget to eat. In general, I am hypoglycemic.
3. Are you just physically worn out, almost like you have been weight lifting to the point of failure, your muscles just can't function anymore?
I tend to call that muscle fatigue, it tends to happen when it's supposed to, when I work certain muscles a lot.
My epworth score is 0 on all counts, once I'm awake, I'm AWAKE, till I fall asleep for the night. have a really hard time with dozing and naps. I have to be really sick and super worn out to doze off or nap.
Define exhausted.
1. Are you primarily sleepy, like you feel this overwhelming need to go back to sleep after a sprint practice?
Very often. That's the one I can't pinpoint why it's happening. I get plenty of sleep, by many people's standards too much.
2. Are you primarily shakey, trembly, feeling almost faint, all of the above topped off with hunger pangs and fantasies of Snickers bars? Then you might well have hypoglycemia of exercise. My recommendation: a packet of Gu Chomps before practice, and a glass of chocolate milk afterwards.
Almost never, only on occasion during a long swim meet day, if I forget to eat. In general, I am hypoglycemic.
3. Are you just physically worn out, almost like you have been weight lifting to the point of failure, your muscles just can't function anymore?
I tend to call that muscle fatigue, it tends to happen when it's supposed to, when I work certain muscles a lot.
My epworth score is 0 on all counts, once I'm awake, I'm AWAKE, till I fall asleep for the night. have a really hard time with dozing and naps. I have to be really sick and super worn out to doze off or nap.
