Am I Actually in Shape?!
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29Am I Actually in Shape?!
Posted by Kevin Doak on Monday at: 3:43pm (June 29th, 2009)
For the first time since college (or before college), I swam a meet and wasn't absolutely useless for the rest of the day. In the past I would swim "all out" and have a headache afterwards. This would last until I refueled my body with sleep, food and water and would usually take the rest of the day to start feeling normal again.
Yesterday was the first time I actually felt good after swimming all out. I can't attribute it to anything besides the fact that I'm actually training and therefore used elevating my body to these levels of physical demand. I still have a long way to go, but it was very inspiring to finish a meet and actually be useful as a human being for the rest of the day! I drank over 96 oz of water yesterday so I'm sure that helped considering I was out in the sun for a few hours.
I'm planning my training and schedule for World Champ Trials today, it will be an interesting balancing act between choosing a taper plan for USMS Long Course Nationals.
Yesterday was the first time I actually felt good after swimming all out. I can't attribute it to anything besides the fact that I'm actually training and therefore used elevating my body to these levels of physical demand. I still have a long way to go, but it was very inspiring to finish a meet and actually be useful as a human being for the rest of the day! I drank over 96 oz of water yesterday so I'm sure that helped considering I was out in the sun for a few hours.
I'm planning my training and schedule for World Champ Trials today, it will be an interesting balancing act between choosing a taper plan for USMS Long Course Nationals.