Ande has done a great job of having all the various physical aspects of swimming covered but I need help with the mental aspects.
I'm really struggling with negative self-talk while I'm swimming. It feels like there's a huge jumbo-tron in my brain and messages are just running accross it non-stop while I'm swimming:
'Give up'
'ease up'
'quit'
'breaststroke's coming up, why not stop?'
'you suck'
I'm having trouble getting this stream of consciousness to stop. Not only that but I feel like such a fraud with my kids when I'm coaching. I stand there and tell them to get tough mentally but I seem to have the mental fortitude of a Krispy Kreme.
Not being able to 'get out of my head' seems to only happen when I swim.
Help?
I like this thread. I was going great, swimming three times a week or more and feeling good about it when I hurt my shoulder. Instead of coming in and doing kick sets, I let my doubts get a grip. That was early August, and I'm still struggling to get in to workouts. It's cold. It's dark out. I'll never be as fast as that group.
I go in to teach, and when I'm in the water, I'm fine. Actually, I taught all through the immobilized arm phase. It's so hard to get back in the swing of things.
I like this thread. I was going great, swimming three times a week or more and feeling good about it when I hurt my shoulder. Instead of coming in and doing kick sets, I let my doubts get a grip. That was early August, and I'm still struggling to get in to workouts. It's cold. It's dark out. I'll never be as fast as that group.
I go in to teach, and when I'm in the water, I'm fine. Actually, I taught all through the immobilized arm phase. It's so hard to get back in the swing of things.
