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).
Yes, that. My Epworth score is about a 21 out of 24. Seriously.
So, what's to be done about #1?? I should mention that I am not generally inclined to nap like that... just after a hard sprint workout. So, I don't think it's a lack of sleep, at least not primarily.
Interesting case.
You might want to consider a sleep study if your Epworth score is consistently this high.
I suffered from extreme grogginess for years. It would ebb and flow, but I must say I felt sleepier -- though not more fatigued -- than most of the people I know. My blog entry describes the problem (and my self cure attempts) in perhaps melodramatic overkill: forums.usms.org/blog.php
The distinction reached something of an extreme when I broke 1:55 for the first time in my life in the 200 free (at age 57), and wasn't particularly tired physically, but had to chant "eyes open, eyes open" the whole race. I'd failed to do this in the 100 free and drifted into the lane line.
Jaegermeister, who told me about the Epworth, recommended a sleep study. I got one done, and despite not being overweight or a loud snorer, I was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea, which has been fragmenting my sleep.
You might have some other sleep disorder that you don't know about.
Then again, if the problem is truly only post-sprints, it's probably normal and should get better with time.
In my own case, a sprint workout tends to wake me up. But everybody is different.
Yes, that. My Epworth score is about a 21 out of 24. Seriously.
So, what's to be done about #1?? I should mention that I am not generally inclined to nap like that... just after a hard sprint workout. So, I don't think it's a lack of sleep, at least not primarily.
Interesting case.
You might want to consider a sleep study if your Epworth score is consistently this high.
I suffered from extreme grogginess for years. It would ebb and flow, but I must say I felt sleepier -- though not more fatigued -- than most of the people I know. My blog entry describes the problem (and my self cure attempts) in perhaps melodramatic overkill: forums.usms.org/blog.php
The distinction reached something of an extreme when I broke 1:55 for the first time in my life in the 200 free (at age 57), and wasn't particularly tired physically, but had to chant "eyes open, eyes open" the whole race. I'd failed to do this in the 100 free and drifted into the lane line.
Jaegermeister, who told me about the Epworth, recommended a sleep study. I got one done, and despite not being overweight or a loud snorer, I was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea, which has been fragmenting my sleep.
You might have some other sleep disorder that you don't know about.
Then again, if the problem is truly only post-sprints, it's probably normal and should get better with time.
In my own case, a sprint workout tends to wake me up. But everybody is different.
