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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I'm also thinking that spending time in a lower temperature *contact* environment, that lowers your body temperature a bit can have some effect too.
I think increase in hunger and sleepiness are perhaps connected. I read a milion times that increase in hunger has to do with exerting yourself in lower temperature.
I know from other sports, I can exert myself a lot more on dryland, and not feel *that* sleepy and hungry. Also, whenever I need that nap, it's not just sleep, I'm usually cold too, and need to be very bundled up. Almost like a very very mild hypothermia.
I remember when I was working out a lot, year round in an outdoor pool, we always used to run to the divers jacuzzi after the workout. I don't remember if I was feeling sleepy on the days when I didn't go in the jacuzzi. Hmmmmmm! *head scratching*
I'm also thinking that spending time in a lower temperature *contact* environment, that lowers your body temperature a bit can have some effect too.
I think increase in hunger and sleepiness are perhaps connected. I read a milion times that increase in hunger has to do with exerting yourself in lower temperature.
I know from other sports, I can exert myself a lot more on dryland, and not feel *that* sleepy and hungry. Also, whenever I need that nap, it's not just sleep, I'm usually cold too, and need to be very bundled up. Almost like a very very mild hypothermia.
I remember when I was working out a lot, year round in an outdoor pool, we always used to run to the divers jacuzzi after the workout. I don't remember if I was feeling sleepy on the days when I didn't go in the jacuzzi. Hmmmmmm! *head scratching*
