Battling Through A Crappy Workout

Not every workout or training session feels like magic. For a whole bunch of reasons you may be off, and feel like quitting. And sometimes that’s the right thing to do.

But sometimes it is worth sticking it out, and battling through. Take last nights masters workout. It started poorly. The water felt light and thin and I felt slow. Non swimmers may think light water is a good thing, but experienced swimmers know what I mean. To really swim effectively, you have to reach up, bend the elbow, and catch a ball of clean water and scoop it past you. Dara Torres explains it very well in her book.

But as I battled my way through it, and got some encouragement from my lane mates, I started to come around, and by the fifth and sixth 200m pieces, I was back to the old feeling, and swimming well. I even got some comments on my flip turns, a new skill for me.

So the moral of the story, find a focus point and battle through. At the end of the session you will feel fantastic, and will be looking forward to the next session.