Good Days & Bad Days
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wesmeyer11 posted 2 years ago.
I think I can speak for everyone when I say good days and bad days are completely normal, but be careful, as a bad can be a sign of fatigue and a need for rest. Just as when you work out for a really long time, fatigue and lose form as you come to the end of the work out, if you are fatigues at the beginning, your form will suffer.
Although not swimming, I had a bad day yesterday when I was riding the bike. While form isn't as evident on the cycle with fatigue, I just knew it wasn't a day to push, I was flat. Had I been in the pool, I imagine my stroke would have been terrible and I probably would have just gotten out of the pool and called it a day. What lead to my flat day was two or three days of pushing hard during the preceding days.
So...TOTALLY normal. Just a question of whether you want to take the day off, or push it. Just starting out, I would say take a day off, because you can get into a hole that can be even harder to come out of if you are not careful.
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guncollector posted 2 years ago.
Thanks, Wes, for that confirmation.
Man, it was really starting to nag at me because one day I felt like aquaman and two days later I couldn't buy an "easy" lap.
I guess I just have to be more weary of driving too hard, too frequently.
Cheers!
Greetings!
Newbie here. I'm pushing the big 4-0, and decided to stop being sedentary this year. Played alot of sports in h.s. & college, but life and kids intervened...until now that is.
Anyway, I was never a swimmer by any stretch of the imagination; but I've started in the last month and a half learning the Total Immersion system and have greatly enjoyed it so far. I'm up to 0.5-0.75 mi. per training session--which is a big deal for me.
I was curious, do any of you have "Good Days & Bad Days"--some where it seems your form is "right on" and other days where it seems you can't find your form to save your life? The closest feeling I've had to this oscillation is in Golf, where one day I can be on and the next shanking every shot into the woods.
Anyway, I'll keep plugging along...