After having what I considered to be a fairly decent meet last weekend, I am having a string of terrible workouts. I am used to having a bad day here and there, but this is ridiculous.
Has anyone else experienced this? I am still in my first year of competing so I am still learning what to expect and what is "normal" for me.
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I haven't been to a meet for a while, but my usual tradition for 2-day taper meets was to try to carpool to the meet ; I schedule a vacation day from work Monday .
I try to do a long warmdown after my last event Sunday. Monday was a recovery swim. Usually I do come back from the meets motivated to train harder with resolve to be faster for the next meet.
My events are generally 200 y/m & longer. Not to disrespect my peers who will swim a few 50's and one or two 100's, but the longer events create a different type of fatigue that can run deep.
I am more aware how dehydration/low electrolytes can kill your performance especially if you're outdoors in the sun on a hot day. If you get out of balance, it will take a while for your body chemistry to get back to normal. It's possible this is prolonging a post-meet slump.
I haven't been to a meet for a while, but my usual tradition for 2-day taper meets was to try to carpool to the meet ; I schedule a vacation day from work Monday .
I try to do a long warmdown after my last event Sunday. Monday was a recovery swim. Usually I do come back from the meets motivated to train harder with resolve to be faster for the next meet.
My events are generally 200 y/m & longer. Not to disrespect my peers who will swim a few 50's and one or two 100's, but the longer events create a different type of fatigue that can run deep.
I am more aware how dehydration/low electrolytes can kill your performance especially if you're outdoors in the sun on a hot day. If you get out of balance, it will take a while for your body chemistry to get back to normal. It's possible this is prolonging a post-meet slump.
