I ask the question because when I returned to the pool last month after a three week taper for scm zones, I was swimming faster in practice than I had in decades. Now I cannot hold the same pace that seemed almost effortless just a week ago. So do I tough it out as usual until it's time to taper again, or do I schedule recovery weeks throughout the season?
There is a fine line between knowing when to suck it up and push it, and when to back off and recover.
Perhaps that depends on whether one has a tendency to overtrain or undertrain and for which events one is training. I can see where one might still be faster if they did not "suck it up." Let us not forget Tall Paul's "less is more" theory.
There is a fine line between knowing when to suck it up and push it, and when to back off and recover.
Perhaps that depends on whether one has a tendency to overtrain or undertrain and for which events one is training. I can see where one might still be faster if they did not "suck it up." Let us not forget Tall Paul's "less is more" theory.
